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GRAND CONSTITUTION 



GRAND STATUTES 



ORDER OF KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 



AS ADOPTED BY THE 



GRAND LODGE OF IOWA 



AT THE CONVENTION OF 1895. 



PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE GRAND LODGE. 



1895: 

CONAWAY & SHAW, PRINTERS, 
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CONSTITUTION 

OF THE 

Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias of the 
Domain of Iowa. 

IN FORCE FROM AND AFTER AUGUST 15, 1895. 



The Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, the source of all authority 
in the Order of the Knights of Pythias in the Domain of Iowa, doth 
ordain and establish this Grand Constitution. 

Article I.— Title. 
Section 1. This body shall be known as the Grand Lodge, Knights of 
Pythias, of the Domain of Iowa, existing by virtue of a charter duly and 
regularly issued by the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias. 

Article II.— The Grand Law. 
Section 1. This Constitution and the Laws enacted by the Grand Lodge 
not in conflict therewith, shall be the Grand Law of the Order of Knights 
of Pythias of this Domain. 

Article III.— Composition. 
Section 1. The Grand Lodge shall be composed of all who have 
attained the Grand Lodge Rank and are in good standing in a Subordinate 
Lodge in this Domain. 

Article IV.— Structure of the Grand Lodge. 

Section 1. The Order in the Domain of Iowa shall be constituted as 
follows: 

Paragraph 1. A Grand Government. 

Par. 2. Such Subordinate Lodges as possess Charters or Warrants 
legally granted by the Grand Lodge which have not been suspended or 
revoked. 



4 GRAND 

Article V.— The Grand Government. 
Section 1. The Grand Government for the Domain of Iowa shall con- 
sist of three independent, co-ordinate departments, viz: A Legislative 
Department, an Executive Department and a Judicial Department. 

Article VI.— The Legislative Department. 

Section 1. The legislative powers of the Grand Government shall be 
vested in the Grand Lodge, which shall be composed of: 

Paragraph 1. All Past Grand Chancellors in good standing in the 
Grand Lodge and in their respective Subordinate Lodges in this Domain. 

Par. 2. Its officers, as designated in this Constitution. 

Par. 3. The Grand Representatives, legally elected or appointed. 

Officers. 

Sec. 2. The officers of the Grand Lodge shall be a Grand Chancellor, 
a Grand Vice-Chancellor, a Grand Prelate, and Grand Keeper of Records 
and Seal, a Grand Master of Exchequer, a Grand Master at Arms, a Grand 
Inner Guard and a Grand Outer Guard, who shall be elected annually, as 
provided by law, and shall hold office for the term of one official year, or 
until their successors are duly elected and installed; also a Board of six 
Trustees, two of whom shall be elected annually for the term of three years; 
provided, the Trustees now holding office shall hold to the expiration- of 
their term. Any Past Chancellor in good standing in any Lodge in this 
Domain, and in possession of the Grand Lodge Rank, shall be eligible to 
any office in the gift of the Grand Lodge, except Supreme Representa- 
tive. 

Supreme Representatives. 

Sec. 3 The Grand Lodge shall, at its regular convention in 1895, 
elect two Supreme Representatives, and biennially thereafter two Supreme 
Representatives. In addition thereto there shall elected at the annual 
convention in 1895, one Supreme Representative to serve two years. 

Grand Representatives. 

Sec. 4. Each Subordinate Lodge shall be entitled to one Grand Repre- 
sentative, and to one additional Grand Representative for every fifty mem- 
bers thereof, and the Grand Representative or Grand Representatives 
present will be entitled to cast the number of votes to which each lodge is 
entitled, as shown by the report of the Subordinate Lodge for the term 
ending June 30th each year; provided, that the Grand Lodge shall only pay 
for the attendance of one Representative from each Lodge. 

Sec. 5. Past Chancellors in good standing only, shall be eligible to 
election to the office of Grand Representative. 

Sec. 6. At the first regular meeting in July, Subordinate Lodges shall 
elect their Grand Representative for the term of one year. 



CONSTITUTION. 5 

Sec. 7. A Grand Representative must be a Past Chancellor in good 
standing" in his Subordinate Lodge within this Domain. Should a Grand 
Representative cease to be in good standing in. or cease to be a member of 
his Subordinate Lodge, then, or in either of such cases, his rights as Grand 
Representative shall cease and determine, and a vacancy shall be held to 
exist in such position. 

Sec. 8. All Past Chancellors in good standing in their respective Sub- 
ordinate Lodges, who have received the Grand Lodge Rank, shall be 
admitted to the conventions of the Grand Lodge, and shall be eligible to 
appointment as members of all Committees thereof. 

Sec. 9. All Past Chancellors shall have a right to debate on all ques- 
tions before the Grand Lodge, but shall not be entitled to a vote, unless they 
are officers thereof, or the accredited Grand Representative of a Subordi- 
nate Lodge of this Domain. 

Sec. 10. The regular conventions of the Grand Lodge shall be held 
annually on the second Wednesday in August, commencing at 10 o'clock a. 
M., at such place as may have been designated at the preceding regular 
convention; provided^ that if the place is not so designated, the conventioQ 
shall be held in the city of Des Moines, Iowa; provided^ also, that should 
any public calamity or imperative exigency so require, the Grand Chancel- 
lor, by and with the consent of a majority of the officers of the Grand 
Lodge, may designate a different time or place at which such convention 
shall be held. 

Sec. 11. A quorum of the Grand Lodge for the transaction of business 
shall consist of not less than seventy-five Grand Representatives; provided, 
that fifty Grand Representatives may receive and act upon certificates and 
credentials, and any number may meet and adjourn from day to day. 

Sec. 12. The following powers are reserved to the Grand Lodge, viz: 

Paragraph 1. To pass upon and determine all questions relative to the 
qualifications and election of its members. 

Par. 2. To enact laws for its own government and protection, and to 
prescribe rules of procedure for the conduct of its business. 

Par. 3. To prescribe the powers and duties of its committees. 

Par. 4. To prescribe the powers and duties of its officers, except as 
they may be fixed by the Ritual, the Supreme and this Constitution. 

Par. 5. To provide by law a revenue for the Grand Government. 

Par. 6. To make appropriations of money for the maintenance of the 
Grand Government. 

Par. 7. To define offenses against the Grand Law, and to prescribe 
penalties therefor. 

Par. 8. To provide by law for the compilation, publication and enforce- 
ment of the decrees of the Grand Tribunal. 

Par. 9. To provide by law for the institution of Subordinate Lodges 
within this Domain and to enact laws for their government. 



6 GRAND 

Par. 10. To grant charters to Subordinate Lodges within this Domain 
and to provide by law for the issue, revocation, suspension, restoration and 
reissue of such charters. 

Par. 11. To enact such laws as shall secure the conformity of the By- 
Laws of all Subordinate Lodges to the Grand Law. 

Par 12. To require from Subordinate Lodges within this Domain 
such reports as may be required by law. 

Par. 13. To require from any officer of the Grand Lodge or of any 
Subordinate Lodge, such reports, credentials or certificates as may be pre- 
scribed by law. 

Par. 14. To prescribe by law what shall constitute good standing in 
the Order, except as provided by Supreme law. 

Par. 15. To enact laws for the promotion of the general welfare of the 
Order in this Domain. 

Par. 16. To enact laws which shall be necessary to carry into execu- 
tion all powers vested in this Grand Government by the Supreme Constitu- 
tion or any amendment thereof. 

Par. 17. To exercise all power and authority not reserved to the 
Supreme Government or prohibited thereby. 

Sec. 13. The Grand Lodge may by law provide for the impeachment 
and removal from office of the Grand Councellor or a Grand Tribune, and 
for the trial and removal from office of any officer of the Grand Lodge 
other than the Grand Chancellor ; it may define the offenses for which such 
proceedings or either of them will lie, but judgments in such cases shall 
not extend beyond removal from office and disqualification to hold office in 
the Order thereafter. In all cases, removal from office, or removal from 
and disqualification to hold office, shall require the affirmative vote, by yeas 
and nays, of two-thirds of all the members of the tribunal which shall have 
been established for the trial thereof; provided., that conviction shall not 
preclude or prevent the trial of the party for the same offense in any other 
tribunal of the Order having jurisdiction. 

Sec. 14. All laws enacted by the Grand Lodge shall be of general 
application, shall be formulated as statutes and shall be styled Grand 
Statutes, and when introduced and while under consideration shall be 
styled propositions. 

Sec. 15. A proposition shall embrace not more than one subject, which 
shall be clearly expressed in its title. 

Sec. 16. A proposition, which provides for the repeal or amendment of 
a statute, shall recite in its title the statute to be repealed or amended. 

Sec. 17. A proposition shall not become a statute until it shall first 
have been referred to and reported on by the appropriate committee and 
passed by the affirmative majority vote of all the members of the Grand 
Lodge present and entitled to vote. 



CONSTITUTION. 7 

Sec. 18. The enacting clause of every proposition shall be as follows: 
*'Be it enacted by the Grand Lodge^ Knights of Pythias of the Domain of 
Iowa,'' and shall precede or be a part of the first section of such proposition 

Sec. 19. All statutes shall take effect thirty days after their passage, 
unless therein otherwise provided. 

Sec. 20. The resolving- clause of every resolution shall be as follows: 
"5e it resolved by the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of the Domain of 
Iowa:' 

Sec. 21. A Journal of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge shall be 
kept, and published in such manner as the Grand Lodge may by law pro- 
vide, and such Journal shall be prima facie evidence of all acts of the Grand 
Lodge therein chronicled. 

Article VII.— The Executive Department. 

■ Section 1. The Executive powers of the Grand Government shall be 
vested in a Grand Chancellor, who shall be elected and shall hold his office 
as provided in this Constitution. 

Sec. 2. In case of the removal from office, of the Grand Chancellor, or 
of his death, resignation or inability to discharge the duties of said office 
the same shall devolve on the Grand Vice-Chancellor. 

Sec. 3. In case of death, resignation, removal from office or inability of 
both the Grand Chancellor and Grand Vice-Chancellor, the vacancies shall 
be filled as the Grand Lodge may by law provide. 

Sec. 4. The Grand Chancellor shall enforce the Supreme and Grand 
Laws, and the decrees of the Supreme and Grand Tribunals. 

Sec. 5. Except when otherwise provided by law, the Grand Chancellor 
shall fill, by appointment, any vacancy in any office of the Grand Lodge 
which may occur during its recess. 

Sec. 6. The Grand Chancellor may. as provided by law, appoint and 
commission Deputy Grand Chancellors, and one Deputy at Large, whose 
duties and compensation shall be fixed by law. 

Sec. 7. The Grand Chancellor, at each regular convention of the Grand 
Lodge, shall present to it a report of all his official acts during its recess. 
His report shall contain information in regard to the state of the Order, 
and such recommendations as he may deem necessary and expedient. 

Sec. 8. The Grand Chancellor may call special conventions of the Grand 
Lodge in the manner provided by law. 

Sec. 9. The Grand Chancellor, during the recess of the Grand Lodge 
shall have authority to grant, in the manner provided by law. Warrants for 
the institution of Subordinate Lodges within this Domain, and Warrants so 
granted shall be in force until suspended or revoked in the manner provided 
by law, or superseded by Charters legally granted. 

Sec. 10. The Grand Chancellor shall have power to grant such Dis- 
pensations as the Grand Lodge may authorize by law. 



8 GRAND 

Sec. 11. The Grand Chancellor shall require the execution and delivery 
to him of the bonds which may by law be required of officers of the Grand 
Lodge, and he shall be the custodian of such bonds. 

Sec. 12. The Grand Chancellor shall promulgate the pass words of the 
Order in the manner provided by law. 

Sec. 13. The Grand Chancellor shall perform such other duties as may 
be provided by the Supreme and Grand Law. 

Sec. 14. The Grand Chancellor shall receive such compensation as the 
Grand Lodge may provide by law. 

Article VIII. — The Judicial Department. 

Section 1. The judicial powers of the Grand Government shall be 
vested in one Grand Tribunal. 

Paragraph 1. The Grand Tribunal shall consist of five Tribunes, three 
of whom shall constitute a quorum. 

Par. 2. The Tribunes shall select, as provided by law, one of their 
number who shall preside as Chief Tribune. 

Par. 3. Every decision of the Grand Tribunal shall require a concur- 
rence of three Tribunes. 

Sec. 2. The Tribunes shall be nominated by the Grand Chancellor as 
the Grand Lodge may by law provide, which nominations shall require for 
confirmation the affirmative vote of a majority of all the members of the 
Grand Lodge present and entitled to vote. 

Paragraph 1. Each Tribune, at the date of his selection and during the 
term of his service, shall be a Past Chancellor in good standing. 

Par 2. A Tribune shall not hold the position of Supreme or Grand 
Representative or any office in the Supreme, Grand or Subordinate Lodge 
during the term of his service, nor exercise any of the functions of a 
member of the legislative department. 

Par. 3. The term of each Tribune shall be five years; provided, that 
the terms of the five Tribunes first appointed shall be, one for one year, one 
for two years, one for three years, one for four years and one for five years* 

Par. 4. Each Tribune shall receive a compensation to be fixed by the 
Grand Lodge. 

Par. 5. Should a vacancy occur in the membership of the Grand Tri- 
bunal, during the recess of the Grand Lodge, the Grand Chancellor shall 
fill the same by appointment, until the next annual convention. 

Par. 6. The Grand Lodge may, by law, provide for the appointment of 
a special Tribune in any cause in which a regular Tribune shall be unable 
to attend, or incompetent to serve. 

Sec. 3. The Grand Tribunal shall have jurisdiction as follows: 

Paragraph 1. It shall have exclusive jurisdiction of controversies 
between Subordinate Lodges of this Domain. 



CONSTITUTION. 9 

Par. 2. It shall have original but not exclusive jurisdiction in this 
Domain, of controversies wherein non-conformity to, violation of, or the 
■construction of the Supreme or Grand Law are complained of, or are in 
question. 

Par. 3. It shall have appellate jurisdiction both as to law and fact. 

Sec. 4. Cases may be carried to the Grand Tribunal by Appeal or Writ 
of Error, under such rules of procedure as the Grand Lodge may by law 
provide. 

Sec. 5. The right of appeal to the Grand Tribunal shall extend to all 
•cases, with such exceptions and under such restrictions and regulations as 
the Grand Lodge may by law prescribe. 

Sec. 6. The Grand Tribunal shall hold regular and special sessions as 
may be provided by the Grand Statutes. 

Sec. 7. The Grand Tribunal may adopt and enforce rules of practice 
and procedure for the conduct and dispatch of its business. 

Sec. 8. The Grand Tribunal may appoint a Recorder, who shall receive 
such compensation as may be provided by law. 

Article IX.— Subordinate Lodges. 

Section 1. A Subordinate Lodge shall be instituted only as may be 
provided by law, and shall exist only by virtue of a Warrant or Charter 
Issued in accordance therewith; it shall consist of not less than fifteen mem- 
bers, seven of whom shall constitute a quorum; it shall have and exercise 
subordinate Pythian authority and control over such territory as may be 
prescribed by law, subject to the laws established by the Supreme and this 
•Grand Government. Two or more Subordinate Lodges may be given con- 
current territorial jurisdiction when located in the same city or town or 
•other contiguous territory. 

Sec. 2. The ritualistic officers of a Subordinate Lodge shall be as 
designated in the Subordinate Lodge Ritual. They shall be nominated, 
elected and installed, and vacancies in office shall be filled as provided by 
law. The official terms of such officers shall be one year from January 1st, 
or until their successors are elected and installed. 

Sec. 3. A Subordinate Lodge may elect or appoint such Trustees or 
other non-ritualistic officers as may be authorized by the Grand Lodge, 

6ec. 4. Each Subordinate Lodge shall display its Warrant or Charter 
in the Lodge room whenever in session. 

Sec. 5. No meeting for the transaction of business or work shall be 
held, and no excursion or entertainment shall be had by a Subordinate 
Lodge on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday. 

Sec. 6. The Ranks of Knighthood shall be attained and conferred only 
in accordance with the requirements of the Supreme Law. The conditions 
of eligibility to such Ranks shall be uniform, and as fixed by the Supreme 
■Statutes. The fees for the Ranks of Knighthood shall not be less than 



10 GRAND 

fifteen dollars, and the fee for membership by deposit of card shall be such 
as the By-Laws of the Lodge may prescribe; provided, that the fee for the 
Charter members of a new Lodg-e shall not be less than ten dollars for the 
three Ranks. 

Sec. 7. Membership in a Subordinate Lodge may be obtained only as 
provided by the Supreme Law. Every person claiming- the rights, benefits 
and privileges of the Order must be a member of a Subordinate Lodge. 

Sec. 8. Each Subordinate Lodge shall provide for and pay, upon the 
death of a member thereof in good standing, a funeral benefit of not less 
than twenty dollars. Each Subordinate Lodge shall have the power to 
determine for itself whether it will pay weekly benefits to its members and 
the amount thereof. 

Sec. 9. Each Subordinate Lodge shall have By-Laws for its own gov- 
ernment, which shall be in conformity to the Supreme and Grand Law and 
to the decisions of the Supreme and Grand Tribunals, but a Subordinate 
Lodge shall not enact or enforce any By-Law which shall abridge the rights 
or privileges secured to a member of the Order by the Supreme or Grand 
Law. 

Article X. — General Provisions. 

Section 1. All legislation and decisions of the Grand Lodge in force 
prior to the adoption of this Constitution, are hereby repealed. 

Sec. 2. So much of this Constitution as confers upon the Grand Tri- 
bunal the judicial functions and powers heretofore exercised by the Grand 
Lodge and by the Grand Chancellor, shall take effect upon the adjournment 
of the regular convention of the Grand Lodge in the year eighteen hundred 
and ninety-five. 

Sec. 3. So much of this Constitution as is contained in Section 17, 
Article VI, requiring that propositions shall be referred to and reported 
on by a Committee, shall not take effect until the annual convention of the 
Grand Lodge in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-six. 

Article XL — Amendments. 

Section L Amendments may be made to this Constitution consistent 
with the laws of the Supreme Lodge, at any regular annual convention of 
the Grand Lodge, by a two-thirds vote of the members present entitled to 
vote ; provided, that all such amendments shall be proposed in writing, at 
least one day before action thereon, and no amendment shall be voted upon 
at the same annual convention, when proposed, except by unanimous con- 
sent and when signed by ten Grand Representatives. 

Provided, also, that when at any time, any provision of this Constitution 
may be found to be in conflict with the Supreme Law, then the notice and 
consent contemplated in the preceding proviso shall not be requisite. 



CONSTITUTION. 11 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE. 



Des Moines, Iowa, July 15, 1895. 
To C. E. Pickett, Grand Chancellor^ and to the Subordinate Lodges of the 
Grand Domain of Iowa, Knights of Pythias : 

The Committee appointed at the session of the Grand Lodge in August, 
1894, to revise and codify the Subordinate and Grand Lodge Constitutions, 
beg leave to submit the following report : 

The Supreme Lodge having materially changed the organization of the 
Supreme Body, and having adopted a Constitution and Statutes which 
should be followed by this Domain, and which have been followed by all the 
Domains that have held sessions since the Supreme Lodge enactments took 
effect, it has been found that this committee could only prepare a revision 
of the Constitution, which revision we beg to submit herewith. 

The Grand Chancellor has authorized this committee to prepare and 
present to the Grand Lodge at its annual convention in 1895 Statutes which 
will embody all the necessary legislation in addition to this Constitution, 
It is impossible to formulate those Statutes and print them previous to the 
meeting of the Grand Body, for the reason that many of the Domains have 
just completed their Statutes, and the time necessary to fully develop all 
the Statutes required has not been at the disposal of the Committee, and to 
print all of the Statutes which are necessary would entail a very large 
expense, which the Committee does not feel like burdening the Grand Body 
with at this time. The report of this Committee, containing all of the 
Statutes which the members thereof feel authorized to submit, and which 
will be deemed sufficient for the guidance and control of this Domain and 
the Subordinate Lodges therein, will be filed with the Grand Lodge on the 
morning of the first day of the coming session. 

Fraternally yours, 

W. A. Park, Chairman. 
E. W. Weeks, 
H. T. Granger, 
J. U. Sammis, 

Committee. 



12 INDEX TO 



INDEX TO CONSTITUTION. 



I. 

SEC. ART. 

Amendments to Constitution — 

How made 1, xi 

By what vote _ __ 1, xi 

In writing- _ 1, xi 

When voted upon 1, xi 

Appeals — 

May be taken to Grand Tribunal _ _, 4, viii 

Appropriations — 

Grand Lodge power to make 12, vi 

Benefits — 

Funeral not less than $20 8, ix 

Weekly to be determined by Lodge 8, ix 

Bonds — 

Grand Chancellor may require _ _11, vii 

Who is custodian of„._ 11, vii 

By-Laws — 

Lodges may enact _ 9, ix 

Charters — 

Authority to grant ..- 12, vi 

Subordinate Lodge shall display 4, ix 

Charter members — 

Fees of _ 6, ix 

Committees — 

Grand Lodge has authority to prescribe duties.- -.12, vi 

Constitution — 

When to take effect . 2, x 

When and how amended 1, xi 

Compensation — 

Grand Chancellor __ 14, vi 

Convention — 

Regular time and place of holding 10, vi 

Quorum of members ___ 11, vi 

Special may be called ._ _ . 8, vii 

Of Subordinate Lodge must not be held on Sunday 5, ix 



GRAND CONSTITUTION. 13 

Decisions — 

Former repealed - - 1, x 

Deputy at Large — 

Appointment of. 6, vii' 

Deputy Grand Chancellors- 
Appointment of 6, vii 

Dispensation — 

Grand Chancellor may grant... - 9, vii 

Election of Officers — 

Grand Lodge held annually 2, vi 

Subordinate Lodge held annually - - - 2, ix 

Grand Representative.. 4, vi 

Eligibility — 

To office in Grand Lodge... 2, vi 

To appointment as Tribune 2, viii 

To Election as Grand Representative 5, vi 

Executive Department — 

Authorized 1, iv 

Vested in Grand Chancellor.. 1, vii 

Vacancy in, how filled 3, vii 

Evidence — 

Journal prima facie. 21, vi 

Fees — 

For ranks 6, ix 

For charter members 6, ix 

Funeral Benefit — 

Each Lodge must pay 8, ix 

Good Standing — 

Authority to define 12, vi 

Grand Chancelloi — 

Impeachment of 13, vi 

Vote to impeach 13, vi 

The executive 1, vii 

Vacancies in office of, who to fill 2-3, vii 

Enforce laws 4, vii 

May fill vacancies _ 5, vii 

Shall appoint Deputy Grand Chancellor. 6, vii 

Shall appoint Deputy at large 6, vii 

Report official acts annually 7, vii 

May call special convention 8, vii 

To grant warrants 9, vii 

Grant dispensation 10, vii 

Require bonds .__ 11, vii 

Shall promulgate pass word 12, vii 

Shall perform duties required by law. 13, vii 

Compensation of 13, vii 



14 INDEX TO 

Grand Government--. _ _ 1, y 

Legislative -_ 1, vi 

Executive _ 1^ vii 

Judicial 1, yiii 

Executive powers vested in 1, vii 

Grand Law- _ 1, ii 

Grand Lodge — 

Composition 1, iii 

Structure _. 1, iv 

Past Chancellors - 1, vi 

Officers _.. 1-2, vi 

Representatives -.- - - 2-1, vi 

Regular convention „ - . - . 10, vi 

Quorum 11, vi 

Powers reserved _ _ __.12, vi 

Journal kept --. 21, vi 

Grand Representative — 

Member of Grand Lodge.- 3, vi 

Representation 4, vi 

Who eligible .._ 5-7, vi 

Vacancy in office. 7, vi 

Grand Tribune — 

How appointed _ _._ 2, viii 

Impeachment of 18, vi 

Vote to impeach _ _ 13, vi 

Chief tribune — selection of 1, viii 

Nominated by Grand-Chancellor 2, viii 

Confirmed by Grand Lodge... 2, viii 

Not eligible to other office . 2, viii 

Term of five years 2, viii 

Compensation of ._ 2, viii 

Vacancy to be filled by Grand Chancellor. 2, viii 

Special may be appointed 5, viii 

When can not serve _ _ 6, viii 

Grand Tribunal — 

Compilation publication of- laws _ _.. 12, vi 

Enforcement of decrees.. _ ..12, vi 

Judicial" powers of 1, viii 

Consist of five tribunes 1, viii 

Tribune to select chief tribune 1, viii 

Decisions of, shall require concurrence... _ 1, viii 

Jurisdiction 3, viii 

Vacancy in, filled by Grand Chancellor 2, viii 

Compensation of members 2, viii 

Special members may be appointed 2, viii 

Jurisdiction of _. 3, viii 

Original 3, viii 

Appellate - -. 3, viii 

Cases may be carried to by appeal _ 4, viii 

By writ of error ._.. 4, viii 



GRAND CONSTITUTION, 15 

Appeal limited to what .- --. 4, viii 

Shall hold regular sessions.. ^'^11! 

May adopt rules of practice 4, viii 

May appoint recorder... 4, viii 

Laws affecting when operated. 2, x 

Grand Vice Chancellor — 

Assumes office of Grand Chancellor 2, vii 

To fill vacancy 2, vii 

Impeachment — 

Grand Chancellor 13, vi 

Grand Tribune 13, vi 

Vote required 13, vi 

Journal — 

Grand Lodge proceedings 21, vi 

Published 21, vi 

Prima facie evidence of facts ._- 21, vi 

Judicial Department — 

Authorized 1, viii 

Vested in Tribunal 1, viii 

Jurisdiction — 

Grand Lodge 1, i 

Grand Tribunals 3, viii 

Original 3, viii 

Appellate. 3, viii 

Exclusive 3, viii 

Subordinate Lodge 1, ix 

Laws — 

To be of general application 14, vi 

Formulated as Statute ' 14, vi 

Style of 14, vi 

When to take effect 19, vi 

Enacting clause . 18, vii 

Repeal of former... 1, x 

Legislation — 

Former repealed .._ 1, x 

Legislative Department — 

Authorized 1, v 

Composition of : 1, vi 

Officers of 2. vi 

Membership — 

How attained 7, ix 

Offenses — 

Defined by legislative department 12, vi 



16 INDEX TO 

Of&cers — 

Of Grand Lodge elected annually ._ 2, vi 

Who eligible 2, vi 

Removal of _ _ 13, vi 

Vacancy how filled , 3, vii 

Official terms 2, ix 

Past Chancellor — 

In good standing, member of __ _ 2, vi 

Admitted to Grand Lodge 8, vi 

Right to debate 9, vi 

Past Grand Chancellor- 
Members of Grand Lodge 1, xi 

Pass Word — 

Grand Chancellor to promulgate „ _. _ 12, vii 

Powers reserved by Grand Lodge — 

To enact laws 12, vi 

To prescribe powers and duties of committees 12, vi 

To prescribe powers and duties of officers 12, vi 

To provide revenue , 12, vi 

To appropriate money for the maintenance of the Government 12, vi 

Te define offenses _ 12, vi 

Toprescribe penalties 12, vi 

To enforce decrees of tribunal 12, vi 

To provide for institution of lodges _ _12, vi 

To grant Charters ._ _.12, vi 

To require reports . . 12, vi 

To define good standing 12, vi 

Proposition — 

Statutes under, consideration sh all be considered 14, vi 

Shall embrace what 14, vi 

Repealing must contain ._ 16, vi 

When to become Statute -16, vi 

Enacting clause of 16, vi 

Quorum — 

Of Grand Lodge 11, vi 

Of Subordinate Lodge 1, ix 

Ranks conferred only as provided by law — 

Elig ibility uniform 6, ix 

Fees for , 6, ix 

Charter member fees 6, ix 

Recorder — 

Appointment of 4, viii 

Compensation of 4, viii 

Repeal — 

Statute must recite title of law repealed _ -16, vi 



GRAND CONSTITUTION. 17 

Reports — 

Subordinate Lodo-e to make 12, vi 

Officers to make 13, yi 

Of Grand Chancellor 7, vii 

Resolution — 

Form of all . 20, vi 

Revenue — 

Authority to provide 12, vi 

Appropriations ----12, vi 

Rules — 

Tribunal may establish 4, viii 

Sessions — 

Regular 4, viii 

Special 4, viii 

Special conventions — 

Grand Chancellor may call __.__ 8, vii 

Statutes — 

All laws must be in form of 14, vi 

Repealed must be recited in title 16, vi 

Proposition not to become until 16, vi 

Enacting- clause 18, vi 

When to take effect ._ 19, vi 

Repeal of former.. _ 1, x 

Subordinate Lodges — 

Authority to institute 12, vi 

How instituted 1, ix 

Consist of fifteen ___ 1, ix 

Quorum of members _ 1, ix 

Jurisdiction 1, ix 

Officers ._. 2, ix 

Official terms of officers 3, ix 

Trustees may be elected or appointed... 3, ix 

Shall display warrant or charter 4, ix 

No meeting held on Sunday 5, ix 

Must pay funeral benefits 8, ix 

May pay weekly benefits 8, ix 

Shall have By-Laws -. , _ 9, ix 

Sunday — 

No business shall be transacted v, ix 

Term — 

Of Grand Lodge officers one year 2, xi 

Of Subordinate one year 2, ix 

Trustees — 

Of Subordinate Lodge elected . 3, ix 

Of Grand Lodge elected 2, vi 

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18 INDEX TO GRAND CONSTITUTION. 

Warrants — 

Authority to issue _ 12, vi 

Grand Chancellor may issue in vacation 9, vii 

Subordinate Lodge shall display 4, ix 

Weekly Benefits — 

Lodge may determine ._ ___ 8, ix 

Writ of Error _ -. 4, viiL 



GRAND STATUTES 



ENACTING CLAUSE. 



In Force from and after August 15, 1895. 

Be it enacted by the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of the Domain of Iowa: 

That the following' Code of Statutes shall constitute and be known as 
the Grand Statutes of the Order of Knig-hts of Pythias, Domain of Iowa, and 
shall be designated and cited by the words, "Grand Statutes," adding the 
number of Title, Chapter and Section when necessary, and as such are 
hereby adopted and shall become the laws of the Order, to take effect from 
and after the adoption of this enacting clause, except such parts thereof as 
to which a different provision is made therein. 

All laws of a general nature in force when the Grand Statutes take 
effect, are hereby repealed, except as follows: 

The adoption of the Grand Statutes and the repeal of existing- laws 
therein provided for, shall not effect any offense or act committed or done, 
or any penalty or forfeiture incurred, or any right established, accrued or 
accruing, before the Grand Statutes take effect; -but when a penalty or 
forfeiture is mitigated by the Grand Statutes, such provision may be 
extended and applied to any conviction or judgment pronounced after said 
repeal; nor shall such appeal affect any prosecution or charges pending at 
the time it takes effect, for any offense committed under any of the provisions 
of a law repealed, except that the proceedings therein shall 'Conform, as 
nearly as practicable, to the provisions of the Grand Statutes. 

When a period of time, prescribed in any law repealed, for acquiring- a 
right or barring a remedy, or for any other purpose, has begun to run, and the 
same or a similar limitation is prescribed in the Grand Statutes, the time 
of limitation shall continue to run, and shall have the like effect as if the 
whole period had begun and ended under the operation of the Grand 
Statutes. 

The provisions of the Grand Statutes, so far as they are the same as 
existed prior to the adoption of the Grand Statutes, shall be construed as a 
continuation of such laws, and not as new enactments. 

An official copy of the Grand Statutes shall be deposited and kept in the 
office of the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, which record shall be an 
authentic record of such laws. 



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GRAND 



[Title I, 



TITLE I. 

THE GRAND LODGE. 

I. Jurisdiction. 

II. Powers and duties of Grand Chancellor. 

III. Duties of Grand Vice Chancellor. 

IV. Duties of Grand Prelate. 

V. Duties of Grand Keeper of Records and Seal. 

VI. Duties of Grand Master of Exchequer. 

VII. Duties of Master at Arms, Inner and Outer Guard. 

VIII. Duties of Trustees. 

IX. Duties of Deputy at Large. 

X. Duties of Committees. 

XI. Assembly in Council of Olficers. 

XII. Special convention. 

XIII. Succession in Office. 

XIV. Dispensations. 

XV. Deputy Grand Chancellors. 

XVI. Election of Officers. 

XVII. Supreme Representatives. 

XVIII. Impeachment of Grand Chancellor or Tribune. 

XIX. Removal of other Officers. 

XX. Compensation of Officers and Committees. 

XXI. Seals. 

XXII. Revenue. 

XXIII. Disposal of funds. 

XXIV. Voting. 
XXV. Credentials. 

XXVI. Order of business. 

CHAPTER I. 
RELATING TO THE JURISDICTION. 

1. The State of Iowa. The Grand Lodge, subject to the Supreme 
Lodge Knights of Pythias, is the source of all authority in the Order of 
Knights of Pythias within the State of Iowa. 



CHAPTER II. 

RELATING TO THE GRAND CHANCELLOR AND DEFINING HIS POWERS 

AND DUTIES. 

2,. Paragraph 1. General Supervision. The Grand Chancellor 
shall have and exercise general supervision over the Order in this Domain. 
He shall enforce obedience to all constitutional and statutory enactments, 
rules and edicts of the Supreme or Grand Lodge, and require that the work 
and discipline of the Order in this Domain shall be legal and uniform. 

Par. 2. Knforce Decrees and IVIandates. He shall, when the 
Grand Lodge is not in session, have authority to enforce the mandates and 
decrees of the Grand Tribunal, and such other reasonable and necessary 
orders as he may believe to be for the best interest of the Order. All orders 



Chapter IT.] STATUTES. 21 

made or commands g-iven by him, not in conflict with existing laws shall be 
respected and have the same effect as the enactments of the Grand Lodge^ 
and shall remain in force until reversed, set aside or countermanded by the 
Grand Lodge. 

Par. 3. frcsidc. He shall preside at all sessions of the Grand Lodge 
preserve order therein, and enforce the laws and rules governing the same. 

Par. 4,. :appoiiit Officers. He shall appoint Grand Officers pro 
tern, in case of the temporary absence or disqualification of any officer. 

Par. 5. Render Opinions. He shall render an opinion on any ques- 
tion of law or usage : provided, the same is asked by a Subordinate Lodge 
under the seal thereof. 

Par. 6. Grant A^arrants. He may grant warrants for the organi- 
zation of Subordinate Lodges, when a petition therefor has been approved 
by him ; institute the same in person, or by Deputy Grand Chancellor to be 
by him specially appointed for that purpose, and report such warrants and 
institution to the Grand Lodge at its next annual convention thereafter. 

Par. 7. Dispensations. He may grant dispensations to the Subor- 
dinate Lodges in case of emergency, in all such matters as he may consider 
to be to the interest of the Order, not inconsistent with the usage or in 
conflict with the Supreme or Grand Law. 

Par. 8. Visits. He shall visit in person, or by Deputy, to be by him 
specially appointed, such Subordinate Lodges as the good of the Order may 
require. 

Par. 9. Install Officers, He shall install in person or by Deputy 
Grand Chancellor, or some Past Chancellor, the officers-elect of all Subor- 
dinate Lodges. 

Par. 10. Kxemplify Secret Work:. He shall exemplify the 
secret work of the Order in person, or by Deputy, whenever necessary. 
When the same is requested by any Lodge, his actual traveling expenses 
shall be paid by the Lodge making the request. 

Par. 11. Ttppoint Committees. He shall appoint all committees 
not otherwise provided by the Grand Lodge. 

Par. 12. Sign Orders. He shall sign all orders on the Grand Master 
of Exchequer, authorized by the Grand Lodge, and all other documents 
requiring his official signature. 

Par. 13. Report in AVriting to Grand Lodge. He shall submit 
to each annual convention of the Grand Lodge, at the opening thereof, a 
printed report of the state of the Order of this Domain, together with such 
information and suggestions as, in his opinion, the good of the Order may 
require. 

Par. 14. General JPower. He shall generally do and perform all 
the duties prescribed for his office by the laws and requirements of the 
Grand and the Supreme Lodge. 



22 GRAND [Title I, 

Par. 15. Rcvok;e "Warrants and Charters. He shall declare 
the warrant or charter of a Subordinate Lodge revoked or suspended in all 
cases provided by the Supreme or Grand Law for such revocation or 
suspension. 

Par. 16. Official Seal. He shall have an official seal, which he 
shall attach to all official papers, documents, or orders emanating from his 
office, and not properly coming within the province of the official seal of the 
Grand Lodge, which may be legally used by him in impress, or in imprint 
counterpart. 

Par. 17. 2tppoint Standing Committees after Installation. 
He shall, as soon as practicable after his installation, appoint from the 
members of the Grand Lodge the following standing committees, consisting 
of five members each, whose term of service shall continue until the close of 
the next annual convention thereafter. 

1. A Committee on Judiciary. 

2. A Committee on Credentials. 

3. A Committee on State of the Order and Fraternal Correspondence. 

4. A Committee on By-Laws. 

5. A Committee on Mileage and Per Diem. 

6. A Committee on Printing. 

Par. 18. TCppoint Other Standing Committees at Opening 
of Convention. He shall appoint at the opening session of the first day 
of the Grand Lodge, the following standing committees, consisting of five 
members each, whose term of service shall continue during the convention 
at which they are appointed: 

1. A Committee on Distribution of Officers' Reports. 

2. A Committee on Grievances. 

3. A Committee on Reports and Returns of Subordinate Lodges. 

4. A Committee on Warrants and Charters. 

5. A Committee on Rules. 

Par. 19. Visit, fireside Over and Convene L«odges. He 
shall visit lodges in. person or by deputy and may convene and preside over 
any Subordinate Lodge whenever he may believe it for the best interests of 
the Order. 

Par. 20. Ttppoint Deputy Grand Chancellors. He shall 
appoint and commission, subject to revocation, a Deputy Grand Chancellor 
for each lodge. 

Par. 21. 2S:ppoi nt Other Deputies. He may appoint a dex)uty or 
deputies to aid and assist him in enforcing the laws of the Order or in car- 
rying out their provisions. 

Par. 22. appoint Deputy at I^arge. He shall appoint a deputy 
who shall be known and recognized as '^ Deputy at Large." 

Par. 23. Shall Not Delegate Authority. He-shall not delegate 
to another any authority given him by these statutes that requires the use 



Chapter v.] STATUTES. 23 

of his discretion; provided, he may permit the Deputy at Large in visiting 
lodges to take up the charters or advise with the members of the lodge as 
to the needs thereof; and, provided farther, that a Deputy Grand Chancel- 
lor may issue dispensations as provided in sections 44 and 49 of the Statutes 
of this Domain. 

Par. 24. Ritualistic Duties. He shall perform such other duties 
as are required by the Rituals of the Order and the laws and statues now 
in force or that may be hereafter enacted. 

Par. 25. Salary. The actual incumbent of the office of Grand Chan- 
cellor shall receive the sum of twelve hundred dollars per fiscal year for 
his services as such officer, to be paid in equal installments at the end of 
each month. 

CHAPTER ni. 

RELATING TO THE GRAND VICE-CHANCELLOR AND DEFINING -HIS POWERS 

AND DUTIES. 

3. Have Charge of Inner Door and Kill Office of Grand 
Chancellor. The Grand Vice-Chancellor shall have supervision of 
the inner door of the Grand Lodge. In the absence or at the request of 
the Grand Chancellor, he shall preside over the Grand Lodge, and in the 
event of the death, removal, resignation or inability of the Grand Chancellor 
to perform the duties of his office, the power and authority conferred on 
the Grand Chancellor, shall for the time being be asserted by the Grand 
Vice-Chancellor. He shall perform such other duties as are required by 
the usages of the Order and the laws and statutes in force. 

CHAPTER IV. 

RELATING TO THE GRAND PRELATE AND HIS DUTIES. 

-%. Ritualistic Duties. The Grand Prelate shall in addition to 
the duties prescribed in the Rituals of the Order, perform such other duties 
consistent with his office, as the Grand Lodge may require. 

CHAPTER V. 

RELATING TO THE GRAND KEEPER OP RECORDS AND SEAL AND HIS 

DUTIES. 
S. Paragraph 1. ?tttend Conventions and Keep Journal. The 

Grand Keeper of Records and Seal shall attend each Convention of the Grand 
Lodge, and keep a true and correct record of all its proceedings, and at the 
close of each annual Convention, have the same printed, under the super- 
vision of the Committee on Printing, in such number as the Grand Lodge may 
direct, and transmit one copy to each Grand Lodge officer, and Grand Repre- 
sentative, one copy to each Subordinate Lodge in this Domain, one copy to 
each Grand Tribune, two copies to the office of the Recorder of the Grand 
Tribunal, two copies to each Grand Lodge of the Order, and two copies to 
the Supreme Lodge. 



24 GRAND [Title I, 

Par. 2. Keep Office Books and Records. He shall, at the 
expense of the Grand Lodge, keep an office open during- the ordinary busi- 
ness hours, for the transaction of the business of his office, and provide the 
same with and keep the necessary records, books, papers, stationery, etc., for 
carrying out the laws and performing the duties of his office; conduct its 
correspondence ; file all papers relating to the business of the Grand Lodge, 
and carefully preserve all documents, books and papers belonging thereto. 

Par. 3. F»repare Forms and provide Stationery. He shall 
prepare and cause to be printed blank forms for semi-annual returns of Sub- 
ordinate Lodges, and such other blanks as may be necessary to obtain correct 
information of the work of the Order in this Domain; and provide all 
stationery for the use of the Grand Lodge and its officers. , 

Par. 4. Keep ^tccounts. He shall keep the accounts between the 
Grand Lodge and its officers and all Subordinate Lodges, and report all 
delinquencies to the Grand Lodge. 

Par. 5. Draw Orders. He shall draw all orders on the Grand 
Master of Exchequer, as authorized by the Grand Lodge, attest the same 
with the seal of the Grand Lodge, and make a full and detailed record of 
the same. 

Par. 6. Report in ^^riting to Tlnnual Convention. He shall 
submit at each Annual Convention, on the first day thereof, a written 
report of the transactions of his office for the past fiscal year, showing 
all moneys received and from what source, and such other information as 
the Grand Lodge may from time to time direct, or the good of the Order 
require, together with such suggestions as he may deem of interest to the 
Grand Lodge : and estimates of the probable expenses and receipts of the 
Grand Lodge for the fiscal year next ensuing. 

Par. 7' IS^nnual Returns to Supreme l*odge. He shall make 
out annual returns of the work and business of the Grand Lodge, and for- 
ward the same with the Supreme Lodge tax, as required by the Supreme 
Law. 

Par. 8. M:ttest Charters and 'Warrants. He shall attest all 
charters and warrants granted for new Lodges, and all official papers and 
documents, with the Grand Lodge seal. 

Par 9. Jlttend Committees. He shall attend any committee of 
the Grand Lodge, when requested to do so by the chairman thereof, and 
furnish such books, papers, vouchers, etc., as may be required. 

Par. 10. Forvs^^ard Documents to Committee. He shall for- 
ward to the chairman of the appropriate standing committees such matter 
received by him as should properly be referred to them. 

Par. 11. Have Custody of Seal. He shall have the custody of the 
Grand Lodge Seal, and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by 
the laws of this Domain, or as the Grand Lodge may from time to time 
direct. 



Chapter VI.] STATUTES. 25 

Par. 12. Bond, and approval. Before anyone shall be installed 
into the office of Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, he shall file with the 
Grand Chancellor a bond, with sureties approved by the Grand Chancellor 
and the Grand Vice-Chancellor, in the penal sum of seven thousand dollars, 
conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office, and for the 
delivery to his successor, at the end of his official term or upon his removal 
from office, of all the property and funds of the Grand Lodge that may have 
come into his hands by virtue of his incumbency of the office, which may or 
should be in his keeping at the time the office is vacated. If such bond be 
not filed during the convention of the Grand Lodge at which said officer is 
elected, the Grand Chancellor shall install him into his office upon his exe- 
cuting and filing such bond at any time within ten days after his election. 
If such bond shall not be filed by the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal- 
elect within fifteen days after his election, the office shall be declared vacant 
by the Grand Chancellor, and an appointment made by him to fill the 
same, subject to all the requirements of this section as to giving bond. 

Par. 13. Collect and F»ay IVIoncy to Grand IVlaster of 
Exchequer. He shall collect all moneys due the Grand Lodge and pay 
the same monthly to the Grand Master of Exchequer; keep an accurate 
account showing the financial condition of the Grand Lodge, and submit 
his books and accounts to the Trustees for examination and inspection, 
whenever called upon so to do. 

Par. 14. Turn Over Books, Etc. He shall at the expiration of his 
term of office, or on his resignation or removal therefrom, deliver to his 
successor in office, immediately upon the approval of his official bond, all 
furniture, books, papers, blanks, stationery, records, property, etc.. belong- 
ing to the Grand Lodge, which may be in his possession. 

Par. 15. Semi=2innual Report to Grand Ctiancellor. He 
shall make and transmit to the Grand Chancellor on or before February 1st, 
and August 1st, of each year, a report of the transactions of his office dur- 
ing the previous six months and shall submit to the Grand Lodge, at the 
opening of each annual convention, a written report, showing the general 
condition of the Order and the financial condition of the Grand Lodge. 

Par. 16. Keep Detailed Ptccount of Supplies. He shall keep 
a detailed account of all Grand Lodge supplies coming into his hands and 
the amount received for such as may be sold, and report the kind and 
amount of all supplies on hand in his annual report to the Grand Lodge. 

Par. 17. Salary. The actual incumbent of the office of Grand Keeper 
of Records and Seal shall receive, as compensation for his services, the sum 
of twelve hundred dollars per fiscal year, to be paid in equal installments 
at the end of each month. 

CHAPTER VI. 

RELATING TO THE GRAND MASTER OF THE EXCHEQUER AND HIS DUTIES. 

6. Receive and Receipt for IVIoney, Etc. The Grand Master 
of Exchequer shall enter upon the duties of his office immediately after his 



26 GRAND [Title I, 

installation: he shall receive all funds, evidences of title and property that 
should come into his hands by virtue of his office, and shall give receipt 
therefor by his proper signature and official title, and he and his sureties 
shall be responsible therefor. 

T, Bond and approval. Before anyone shall be installed into 
the office of Grand Master of Exchequer, he shall file with the Grand Chan- 
cellor a bond, with sureties approved by the Grand Chancellor and the Grand 
Vice-Chancellor in the penal sum of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars 
or such greater sum as the Grand Trustees shall fix in writing, conditioned 
for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office of Grand Master of 
Exchequer, and for the delivery to his successor, at the end of his official 
term or upon his removal from office, of all the property and funds of the 
Grand Lodge of which he may become possessed by virtue of his incum- 
bency of said office, which may or shall be in his possession at the time 
the office is vacated. If such bond be not filed during the convention 
of the Grand Lodge at which said officer is elected, the Grand Chancellor 
shall install him into his office upon his executing and filing such bond at 
any time within ten days after his election. If such bond shall not be filed 
by the Grand Master of Exchequer-elect within fifteen days after his elec- 
tion, the office shall be declared vacant by the Grand Chancellor, and an 
appointment made by him to fill the vacancy, subject to all the requirements 
of this section as to giving bond. 

S. F»ay Orders. He shall pay all orders drawn on him by the Grand 
Chancellor and attested by the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, and 
such orders when properly endorsed by the respective payees, shall be his 
only valid vouchers for the disbursement of the funds of the Grand Lodge. 

9. Keep 2S.ccounts. He shall keep an accurate account of all receipts 
and disbursements. He shall submit his books and accounts to the Trustees 
for examination and inspection, whenever called upon by them so to do. 

10. Attend Conventions Prepared to Xurn Over Fund®. 

He shall attend all the conventions of the Grand Lodge and shall at all 
times be prepared to turn over to his successor in office all the funds and 
property in his possession. He shall present to the Grand Lodge, at the 
opening of each annual convention, a written report giving a detailed 
account of the receipts and disbursements of his office during the preceding 
fiscal year. 

11. Ttttend Committees. He shall, whenever notified by them 
attend any committee of the Grand Lodge, and furnish such books and 
papers, in his possession, as may be required. 

IZ. Salary. The actual incumbent of the office of Grand Master of 
Exchequer shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of three 
hundred dollars to be paid in equal installments at the end of each month.. 



Chapter IX.] STATUTES. 27 

CHAPTER VII. 

RELATING TO THE GRAND MASTER AT ARMS, GRAND INNER GUARD AND 
GRAND OUTER GUARD AND THEIR DUTIES. 

13. Ritualistic and to Keep Jewel®. TheGrandMaster at Arms, 
Grand Inner and Grand Outer Guards shall perform such duties as are laid 
down in the Ritual; provided, that in addition thereto the Grand Outer Guard 
shall be responsible for the safe keeping of the jewels and other property 
of the Grand Lodge in his care during any convention thereof. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

RELATING TO THE GRAND LODGE TRUSTEES AND THEIR DUTIES. 

14. General Supervision Over Property. The Trustees shall 
have general supervision and care of all Grand Lodge property, and all 
funds accruing from the same, and other funds placed in their hands; invest 
the same in such loans, stocks, and other securities as the Grand Lodge 
may direct; submit an inventory of all property owned by the Grand Lodge 
at its annual convention, and perform such other duties as may be required 
of them by law. 

15. Kxamine, ^udit Books, and Report. The Trustees, 
between the 5th and 15th days of August of each year, and at such other 
times as they may be directed by the Grand Chancellor, shall examine and 
audit the books and accounts of the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, the 
Grand Master of Exchequer, and all other officers, or committees who may 
be entrusted with the receipt and expenditure of funds of the Grand Lodge. 
After each of the examinations herein provided for, the Trustees shall 
make a full report of the result of such examinations to the Grand Lodge, or 
the Grand Chancellor, as in their judgment may be necessary. Copies of 
all reports so made shall be presented to the Grand Lodge at its ensuing 
annual convention. Thej^ shall examine and report upon all resolutions, 
proposed statutes, or amendments thereof, which involve an expenditure 
of money from the Exchequer of the Grand Lodge. They shall also report 
estimates for all expenditures of money from the Exchequer of the Grand 
Lodge during the current fiscal year, together with resolutions making appro- 
priations therefor. They shall also consider and report upon all resolu- 
tions, proposed statutes, or amendments thereof, relating to the revenue of 
the Grand Lodge, and shall report such legislation for the raising of the 
revenue as they may deem necessary or expedient. 

CHAPTER IX. 

RELATING TO THE DEPUTY AT LARGE AND HIS DUTIES. 

16. appointment. The Grand Chancellor shall appoint a special 
deputy who shall be known and recognized as ''Deputy at Large. " He shall 
hold his office one year, unless his commission is sooner revoked by the 
Grand Chancellor. 



28 GRAND [Title I, 

IT. Duties. The Deputy at Large, subject to the order of the Grand 
Chancellor, shall have authority to visit Subordinate Lodg-es, convene 
them in session, examine their books, property and papers, and instruct, 
invest and give the secret work to the members lawfully entitled thereto, 
and perform such other duties as the Grand Chancellor may prescribe in 
the commission issued to him, and shall make quarterly reports in writing 
to the Grand Chancellor, and such other report and at such other times as 
he may require. 

18. Salary. He shall receive compensation for his services ren- 
dered while in the actual discharge of his duties as such Deputy at Large, 
at the rate of the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year, payable in 
equal installments at the end of each month. 

19. Expenses. He shall also be paid his necessary traveling 
expenses while actually and actively engaged in visiting lodges in this 
Domain. 

CHAPTER X. 

RELATING TO THE DUTIES OF COMMITTEES. 

20. Judiciary to Report La-ws, Amendments, and on 
Officers' Reports. The Committee on Judiciary shall consider and 
report upon all proposed amendments to the constitution or statutes which 
may be referred to it, and such portions of the reports of officers of the 
Grand Lodge as may be referred to it, and recommend such legislation as 
it may deem expedient in connection therewith. 

21. Credentials — Examine and Report On. The Committee 
on Credentials shall examine and report upon such credentials of Past Chan- 
cellors and Grand Representatives as may be submitted to it by the Grand 
Keeper of the Records and Seal, immediately prior or upon the opening of 
the convention. It shall also examine and report upon such credentials as 
may be referred to it by the Grand Lodge. 

22. State of the Order and Other IVIatters of Interest. 
The Committee on the State of the Order shall examine and report upon 
such reports of the Grand Officers and Deputy Grand Chancellors, so far as 
the same relates to the state of the Order, and upon such other matters as 
may be referred to it, presenting in its report an exhibit of the condition 
and progress of the Order in this Domain, recommending such measures for 
the good of the Order as it may conclude the circumstances require. It 
shall examine the correspondence and documents from other Grand Lodges 
in correspondence with this Grand Lodge, and report at each annual session 
whatever may seem of sufficient importance and interest to demand its 
attention or action. 

23. IMileage Computed by Shortest Route. The Committee 
on Mileage shall compute the mileage of members and representatives by 
the shortest practicable route, and report the amount to which each is 
entitled. 



Chapter X.] STATUTES. 29 

a*. Distribution of Officers' Reports, The Committee on 
Distribution of Officers' Reports shall examine the reports of Grand officers 
submitted to it, and refer to the proper committee such subject matter 
therein as it deems should be acted upon by said committee. 

25. Grievances of IvOdges and IVIembers. The Committee 
on Grievances shall consider and report upon all grievances from Subor- 
dinate Lodges or members, which may be referred to it by the Grand 
Lodge. 

26. Reports of Subordinate Lodges and Reconimenda= 
tions. The Committee on Reports shall carefully examine the reports 
from the several Subordinate Lodges within this Domain, and shall accom- 
pany its report thereon by such recommendations relating thereto as it 
may deem necessary or desirable. 

27. Warrants and Charter, with Recommendations. 
The Committee on Warrants and Charters shall examine and report upon 
such portions of the reports of the Grand officers as may be referred to it. 
It shall also examine and report as to all warrants for Subordinate Lodges 
issued by the Grand Chancellor, and upon all applications for charters, with 
such recommendations as it may deem necessary and desirable. 

28. By = L.aws — Kxamine and Report Upon. The Committee 
on By-Laws shall examine and pass upon all By-Laws and amendments 
thereto of Subordinate Lodges. It shall reject any article or section which 
may conflict with the Constitution or Statutes. 

29. RulesiDesirable or as Directed by Grand Lodge. The 
Committee on Rules shall from time to time report such rules as it may deem 
desirable, or as the Grand Lodge may direct, for the conduct of the busi- 
ness of the Grand Lodge. 

30. F»rinting, and Who Shall Compose It. The Committee 
on Printing shall have general and supervisory charge, as may be provided 
by the Grand Statutes, of all matters relating to the printing or binding 
of journals, books, or other printed matter, except printing supplies required 
by the Grand Lodge. The Grand Keeper of Records and Seal shall be a 
member of this committee. 

31. Special Committees — When appointed. The Grand 
Chancellor, when so directed by the Grand Lodge, shall appoint special 
committees, whose duties shall be such as may be designated or assigned in 
the legislation by which they are created. 

32. Committee to IVIeet When Necessary, The committees 
of the Grand Lodge shall hold such meetings during the recess of the Grand 
Lodge as may be necessary, or as the Grand Lodge or the Grand Chancel- 
lor may direct. 

33. IVIay Require Attendance and Production of Books. 
The Standing Committees of the Grand Lodge are hereby authorized and 
empowered to require the attendance of any and all persons before them, 



30 GRAND [Title I, 

and the production of all books, papers and documents which may be nec- 
essary for the performance of their duties. Special committees shall have 
such power only when previously conferred by the Grand Lodge. 

3-%. Report in Duplicate by IVIajority. Every report of a Com- 
mittee shall be made in writing and in duplicate, addressed to the Grand 
Lodge by its appropriate title, and signed by a majority of the members; 
provided, the minority or individual members of the Committee shall be 
entitled to make reports in the same manner. 

CHAPTER XL 

EELATING TO THE ASSEMBLY IN COUNCIL OF THE OFFICERS OF THE 

GRAND LODGE. 

35. Grand. Council >?V'tiien Necessary, or Upon Request 
to Call. The Grand Chancellor shall assemble in council the officers of 
the Grand Lodge, whenever in his judgment the counsel and advice of such 
officers is necessary for the protection of the Order, or to provide against 
unforeseen or impending calamity to the Order, or for the general welfare 
thereof; and it shall be his duty to assemble said officers in council when- 
ever requested in writing to do so by five officers of the Grand Lodge. 

36. Place. Notice and. Quorum. The assembly in council shall 
be at such time and place as the Grand Chancellor may determine. Rea- 
sonable notice thereof shall be given by the Grand Chancellor to each 
officer of the Grand Lodge. Five officers of the Grand Lodge shall consti- 
tute a quorum of such assembly in council, and the Grand Keeper of Rec- 
ords and Seal shall be ex-officio the secretary of the assembly. 

CHAPTER XII. 

RELATING TO THE CALLING OF'SPEOIAL CONVENTIONS OF THE GRAND 

LODGE. 

37. IVIay Call >?V^lien Xhree Officers Concur — Enlace — 
Notice. The Grand Chancellor, whenever in his judgment, concurred in 
by three other officers of the Grand Lodge, the interests of the Order 
require it, shall call a special convention of the Grand Lodge at a time and 
place to be fixed by him, to consider such matters only as may be spec- 
ified in such call. At least thirty days' notice of the time and place of such 
special convention, and of the matters to be considered, must be given to 
each officer of the Grand Lodge and each Grand Representative. 

CHAPTER XIH. 

RELATING TO AND PROVIDING FOR THE SUCCESSION IN CASE OF VACAN- 
CIES IN THE OFFICES OF GRAND CHANCELLOR OR 
GRAND VICE-CHANCELLOR. 

38. Fill Vacancy in Office of Grand Chancellor. In the case 
of a vacancy in the office of the Grand Chancellor caused by the death, resig- 
nation or removal from office of the incumbent as provided by law, the duties 
of the office shall immediately devolve upon the Grand Vice-Chancellor, 



Chapter XIII.] STATUTES. 31 

who shall act as Grand Chancellor for the remainder of the current annual 
term, and until the said office shall have been duly filled by election and 
installation at the ensuing annual convention of the Grand Lodge. 

3Q. Title of Office. While acting as and discharging the duties of 
Grand Chancellor during the temporary absence or disability of the incum- 
bent of such office, the Grand Vice-Chancellor shall be known and styled 
"Grand Chancellor, pro tempore.'''' 

40. Grand Vice=Ctiancellor fflLppointed. AVithin ten days from 
the time a vacancy shall have been caused by the death, resignation or 
removal from office of the Grand Chancellor, the Grand Chancellor pro tern 
shall appoint a Grand Representative to the office of Grand Vice-Chancel- 
lor, and shall prior to the ensuing convention of the Grand Lodge install 
such officer, 

-5tl. Vacancy in Office of Grand Chancellor and Grand 
Vice-Cliancellor Filled. If, in case of death, resignation, imjDeach- 
ment, or removal from office of the Grand Chancellor, a vacancy should exist 
in the office of Grand Vice-Chancellor, caused by the death, resignation 
or removal from office of the incumbent of such office, or in case of the 
death of the Grand Vice-Chancellor before entering upon the duties of the 
Grand Chancellor, then, in such case, the Grand Keeper of Records and 
Seal shall forthwith notify each officer of the Grand Lodge of the existence 
of such vacancies in the offices of Grand Chancellor and Grand Vice-Chan- 
cellor, and shall appoint a time and place at which such officers shall assemble 
in council. The place selected for such council shall be so situated that it 
may be. reached before the date fixed for the assembly by a majority of the 
said officers, and the time selected shall be not more than ten days subse- 
quent to the date upon which the vacancy in the office of Grand Vice-Chan- 
cellor shall have occurred. 

^2. Officers to Select Successors. The officers of the Grand 
Lodge, when assembled in council, as hereinbefore provided, shall choose 
one of their number as chairman and the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal 
shall be ex-officio Secretary. If six officers or more be present, they 
shall elect from the Grand Representatives upon whom has been conferred 
the Grand Lodge Rank, one to be Grand Chancellor and one to be Grand 
Vice-Chancellor. Such election shall be by ballot, and a majority of the 
votes of those present shall be necessary to an election. 

43. Officers Elect to be Notified. The Grand Keeper of Records 
and Seal shall notify each officer elect of his election within one day there- 
after, and if, within ten days from the date of his election, such officer shall 
be installed by the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, or by any officer 
of the Grand Lodge in the presence of the Grand Keeper of Records and 
Seal, he shall forthwith enter upon the duties of the office to which he may 
have been elected. But if such officer-elect shall not within the time 
required for installation be duly installed, then the office to which he was 
elected shall be deemed to be vacant and such vacancy shall be filled as 
provided by this chapter. 



32 GRAND [Title I, 

CHAPTER XIV. 

RELATING TO THE GRANTING OF DISPENSATIONS. 

■ft-*. Limit of Authority. The Grand Chancellor alone shall have 
power to grant dispensations to Subordinate Lodges within the Domain of 
the Grand Lodg-e, and except in cases of emergency he shall only be 
authorized to grant the following: 

Paragraph 1. More Xhan One Same Convention. To confer the 
three Ranks of the Order at the same convention, the fee for which shall 
be two dollars, to be paid by the candidate, one-half thereof to accompany 
the application for dispensation. 

Par. 2. F»ersons Over ^ge. To confer the Ranks of the Order 
upon persons over fifty years of ag-e. 

Par. 3. IVIaimed Persons. To confer the Ranks on maimed per- 
sons in conformity wath the Supreme Law. 

Par. 4. Ctiange P'lace of Holding Convention. Toremovethe 
place of holding conventions of a lodge from one hall to another. 

Par. 5. Change Nights. To change the nights of conventions of 
a lodge. 

Par. 6. Longer Intervals. To permit lodges to hold stated con- 
ventions at longer intervals than one week. 

Par. 7. F*arades. Etc. To have public parades, demonstrations, 
entertainments or celebrations as a lodge or lodges. Provided, that Deputy 
Grand Chancellors may grant dispensation to confer more than one Rank on 
the same person at the same meeting, or at intervals of time less than pro- 
vided by law. 

AtS. Limiting Parades. Subordinate Lodges shall not make a 
public parade or display as a lodge or lodges, except on the occasion of 
funeral and church services, without obtaining a dispensation from the 
Grand Chancellor. 

CHAPTER XV. 

RELATING TO THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPUTY GRAND CHANCELLORS. 

-46. Jurisdiction. A Deputy Grand Chancellor shall be deemed the 
representative of the Grand Chancellor in the Subordinate Lodge for which 
he is appointed. He shall be subject at all times to the instruction and con- 
trol of the Grand Chancellor and shall be responsible to him for the manner 
in which his duties are discharged. 

-4T. Duties. Each Deputy Grand Chancellor shall be commissioned 
by the Grand Chancellor and the powers and duties of such Deputy shall be 
to see that the work of the Order in his lodge is performed in accordance 
with law, to install the officers of his lodge and perform such other duties 
as are set forth in such commission, and not otherwise. Such commission 
unless sooner revoked, shall expire by its own limitation, or with the term 
of office of the Grand Chancellor issuing the same. 



Chapter XVI.] STATUTES. ' 33 

4t6. Cannot Delegate Kxcept. No power or duty delegated or 
assigned to a Deputy Grand Chancellor shall be assigned or delegated by 
him to any other person whomsoever. Except that he may appoint 
another Past Chancellor to install the officers of a Subordinate Lodge whom 
it is his official duty to install. 

49. Jtuthiority to Grant. The Grand Chancellor shall not author- 
ize, nor shall a deputy grant any dispensation. The power and authority, to 
grant dispensations shall lie wholly with the Grand Chancellor, except 
that Deputy Grand Chancellors may issue dispensations to confer more than 
one rank on the same person at the same convention or at intervals of time 
less than provided by law. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF GRAND LODGE OFFICERS AND THEIR 
INSTALLATION AND MANNER OF VOTING. 

50. Election T^Lnnually by Ballot on TSfternoon Second 

Day. Subject to the provisions of Article VI., Section 2, of the Grand 
Lodge Constitution, the officers named in the said section shall be elected 
at each annual convention of the Grand Lodge hereafter held. The election 
of such officers shall be by ballot and shall be held on the afternoon of the 
second day immediately after the opening of the session. 

51. Nominations Xwo O'clock: First Day. Nominations for 
the several offices to be elected should be made at 2 o'clock on the first 
day of the annual convention at which the said officers are to be elected, and 
no other persons shall be voted for, at the election, except by the unani- 
mous consent of the lodge prior to the election. 

52. Duplicate l-.ists Prepared. Prior to the annual convention 
of the Grand Lodge, the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal shall prepare 
duplicate lists of the lodges, including the number of votes to which each 
lodge is entitled. 

53. Xiclcets Prepared. Prior to the annual convention the 
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal shall also prepare a sufficient number 
of tickets having printed thereon the titles of the entire list of officers to be 
voted for, with sufficient space for one name to be written beneath each 
title. No other tickets shall be voted , unless by consent of the lodge and 
all ballots cast upon other tickets shall not be counted by the tellers 
unless consent has been given to use other tickets by the lodge before the 
vote is taken. 

5-*. Vote; Tickets Prepared. Nominations shall be made for 
candidates for all the officers to be voted for. From such nomination each 
member entitled to vote shall fill his ticket and upon call of the roll of 
lodges and members each person entitled to vote shall deposit the num- 
ber of votes to which he or his lodge is entitled with the tellers. 



34 GRAND [Title I, 

55. Votes to be Deposited. The roll of the lodges shall be called 
with the number of votes to which each lodge and officer is entitled. The 
representatives and officers shall then advance to the ballot-box and deposit 
the number of the votes to which the lodge is entitled for all the officers to 
be elected and announce in distinct language the number of votes so cast 
which shall be recorded upon the duplicate lists in the possession of the 
tellers. 

56. Xellcrs appointed. The Grand Chancellor shall appoint 
previous to the election two tellers to conduct the same. Should the num- 
ber of votes cast be greater than the number of legally qualified voters 
present, the presiding officer shall declare the ballot illegal and order 
another. 

ST. Candidate Receiving Lowest Vote Dropped. When 
there is more than one nominee for the same office, it shall require a major- 
ity of all votes cast to elect: when there are more than two nominees for 
the same office, the one receiving the lowest number of votes on each ballot, 
shall be dropped until an election is ha,d; provided, that where there is but one 
nominee the presiding officer shall declare him elected. 

SS. No IVIotion AVtiile ^Nominations are Being IVIade. 
While the nominations for officers and place of meeting are being made and 
the ballot taken no motion shall be entertained or permitted, except by 
unanimous consent. 

59. Installation on L^ast Day. The Grand officers elect shall 
be installed on the last day of the convention, immediately before its close. 
If any officer elect is absent at the time of installation, unless excused by the 
Grand Lodge, his office shall be declared vacant, and an election held at 
once to fill said vacancy. If an absent officer elect has been excused by the 
Grand Lodge, the Grand Chancellor shall have the power to install such 
officer, during recess, at his convenience. The installation of the Grand 
Keeper of Records and Seal and the Grand Master of Exchequer shall be 
subject, however, to the provisions of Sections 5 and 7 of the Grand Statutes. 

CHAPTER XVII. 

RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF THE SUPREME REPRESENTATIVES AND 

THEIR DUTIES. 

60. Elected at Same Xime as Other Officers. The Supreme 
Representatives shall be elected in the same manner, and at the same time 
as the officers of the Grand Lodge, subject to the provisions of the 
Supreme Constitution and Supreme Statutes. Only Past Grand Chancellors 
who have attained that honor and who are in good standing in their respec- 
tive Lodges and the Grand Lodge shall be eligible thereto. 

61. Attend Supreme Convention and Exemplify Secret 
""Worlc. They shall attend all conventions of the Supreme Lodge, and 
every session thereof ; exemplify the secret work by two of their number 



Chapter XVIII ] STATUTES. 35 

to be selected by them ; faithfully represent the interests and render obedi- 
ence to the instructions of the Grand Lodge, and shall as soon as practic- 
able thereafter make a full printed report to the Grand Lodge of all matters 
acted upon by the Supreme Lodge which they deem of interest to this 
Domain, and cause the said report to be mailed to all the Subordinate 
Lodges in this Domain. 

62. Vacancies Filled by Grand Chancellor Until T^nnual 
Convention, Should a vacancy occur in the office of Supreme Represen- 
tative during the recess of the Grand Lodge, by death or otherwise, the 
Grand Chancellor shall by appointment fill said vacancy, and the appoint- 
ment shall hold good until the next convention of the Grand Lodge, when 
the same shall be filled for the unexpired term by election. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

RELATING TO THE IMPEACHMENT OF THE GRAND CHANCELLOR OR A 

GRAND TRIBUNE. 

63. For Breacli of Xrust, Drunkenness, Violation of 

Law. The Grand Chancellor, or a Grand Tribune, shall be liable to 
impeachment for drunkenness, or for breach of trust in connection with the 
funds of the Order, or for any violation of the o'iminal laws of his country 
or state involving moral turpitude, or for neglect of his official duties or 
obligations, or for any willful betrayal of the interests of the Order, or for 
■any conduct unbecoming a Knight of Pythias. 

e>-4. Preferred by Representatives or Officers. Articles of 
impeachment may be preferred against the Grand Chancellor, or -a Grand 
Tribune, by ten or more Grand Representatives or by four or more Ritual- 
istic Grand Lodge officers. 

es. Tribunal to Try. The Grand Tribunal and the Grand Lodge 
•officers, other than those preferring the articles, shall be the tribunal to 
try the Grand Chancellor or a Grand Tribune against whom articles of 
impeachment have been preferred. 

ea. Form of Articles. The articles of impeachment herein pro- 
vided for shall specify the offense or offenses charged, and in what it or they 
consist, with clearness and precision and with reasonable detail as to time 
and place and circumstances, and be signed by the parties preferring them, 
and shall be filed with the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal. 

6T. Procedure, Time, F»lace and Notice. When articles of 
impeachment shall have been preferred against the Grand Chancellor or 
against a Grand Tribune, and filed, the presiding officer of the trial tribunal 
shall fix a time and place for the trial, and at once notify the other mem- 
bers of the tribunal of the time and place appointed. Thereupon the Grand 
Keeper of Records and Seal shall attest and issue a summons, citing the 
accused to appear before the trial tribunal on the day and at the place so 
appointed, which shall be specified in the summons. He shall issue at the 



36 GRAND [Title I, 

same time a correct copy of the articles of impeachment, which shall accom- 
pany the summons and be left with the accused. Such summons and copy 
of the articles may be served by any member of the Order authorized by the 
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal so to do. Personal service of the notice 
must be made on the accused if he can be found in city or town in which 
his Lodge is situated, at least ten clear days~prior to the hearing. If not so 
found therein, then by depositing in the postofifice, postage prepaid, 
addressed to him at his address, at least two weeks prior to the hearing. 

e>&. Evidence and Notice of Taking. Evidence on the trial 
of impeachments may be oral or by depositions. At least, ten clear days's- 
notice of the time and place of taking depositions shall be given the adverse 
party. The Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, upon application of the 
accused, may designate by order in writing, which shall be filed and kept 
with the papers, the jDarty upon whom notice to the prosecution may be 
served. The notice may be served either by personal service, or by regis- 
tered letter mailed to the proper address of the person entitled thereto. 

69. Grand Cliancellor to Preside* The Grand Chancellor shall 
preside at the hearing of the impeachment of a Grand Tribune, unless he 
be one of those preferring the articles, in which event the Officer of the 
Grand Lodge highest in rank, not so disqualified, shall preside. 

TO. Chief Tribune to Preside. The Chief Tribune shall pre- 
side on the impeachment of the Grand Chancellor. 

Tl. Counsel. In all cases, either party may be represented by coun- 
sel of his own selection, who shall be members of the Order in good stand- 
ing. 

72. Jurisdiction. On the trial of impeachments, the trial tribunal 
shall have such jurisdiction and powers as are conferred by the provisions 
of the Grand Constitution relating to impeachment. 

73. Officers Suspended During Trial. The Grand Chancel- 
lor or Grand Tribune impeached hereunder shall be suspended from the 
exercise of his official duties until his acquittal. If the Grand Chancellor 
or the Grand Tribune impeached shall be convicted, the judgment shall 
not extend beyond the removal from office and disqualification to fill any 
office in the Order thereafter. 

7^. Suspended Officers' Places to be Filled During the 
Trial. When the Grand Chancellor shall be suspended from the exercise 
of his official duties, pending his impeachment as herein provided for, the 
Grand Vice-Chancellor shall discharge the duties of Grand Chancellor 
pending such suspension. When a member of the Grand Tribunal shall be 
suspended from the exercise of his official duties, pending his impeachment, 
as herein provided, the Grand Chancellor shall fill by appointment the 
temporary vacancy thus occasioned; provided, that such temporary Tribune- 
shall not sit on said impeachment Tribunal. 



Chapter XVIII.] STATUTES. 37 

T5. IVIay be Tried ?^gain for Same Offense, Impeachment 
and conviction hereunder shall not preclude or prevent the trial and punish- 
ment of the offender for the same offense before any other tribunal of the 
order having jurisdiction of the party and of the offense. 

T6. Guilt Determined by Yea and Nay Vote. After all the 
■evidence and argument upon the impeachment of the Grand Chancellor or 
of a Grand Tribune shall have been heard and considered, as hereinbefore 
provided, the guilt of the accused shall be determined by the trial tribunal 
by vote, by yeas and nays, and the vote shall be entered in full upon the 
minutes of its proceedings, full and accurate record of all of which shall be 
kept by the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal. If two-thirds of all the 
members shall vote in favor of his conviction, the judgment shall be removal 
of the accused from his office and disqualification to hold any office in the 
Order thereafter, or only removal from office, as the trial tribunal by a two- 
thirds vote may determine, and the judgment shall be recorded on the min- 
utes. If less than two-thirds of all the members vote for his conviction, the 
accused shall stand acquitted, and the judgment shall be so recorded on 
the minutes. 

7T. Records Returned to Grand I^odge. The record of the 
proceedings of the trial tribunal, including full abstract of the testimony 
signed by the presiding officer thereof and attested by the Grand Keeper of 
Records and Seal, shall be returned to the Grand Lodge at its next conven- 
tion and filed in the archives of that body. 

T8. appeal 2tllowed to Either F»arty. The defendant shall have 
the right of appeal to the Grand Lodge upon his motion, from the decision of 
the trial tribunal. And the prosecution shall have the right of appeal to the 
Grand Lodge upon the motion of at least two of the Grand Officers prefer- 
ring the charges, in cases where the charges are preferred by the Grand 
Officers, or upon the motion of at least five of the Grand Representatives in 
cases where thfe charges are preferred bj^ Grand Representatives. And the 
Grand Lodge may, upon its own motion, by a majority vote, take up and 
consider any cause so tried, which trial shall be upon the record only, and 
a two-thirds vote of the members of the Grand Lodge shall be required to 
reverse the finding of the trial tribunal. If the judgment of the Grand 
Lodge is "guilty,'" in cases where the trial tribunal found "not guilty," 
then, the Grand Lodge shall by a two-thirds vote fix the penalty as pro- 
vided in this chapter. 

T9. If Grand Chancellor Impeached, Grand Vice = Chan = 
cellor shall Perform Duties. If the Grand Chancellor impeached 
hereunder shall be convicted and removed from the office, the duties of the 
office shall at once devolve upon the Grand Vice-Chancellor for the unexpired 
term of said Grand Chancellor. 

SO. If Tribune Impeached, Vacancy tobe Filled. IfaGrand 
Tribune shall be impeached, convicted and removed from office, the vacancy 



38 GRAND [Title!, 

shall be filled at once by the appointment by the Grand Chancellor of a 
person eligible thereto, who shall hold said office until the next convention 
of the Grand Lodge. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

RELATING TO THE REMOVAL FROM OFFICE OF GRAND LODGE OFFICERS 
OTHER THAN THE GRAND CHANCELLOR. 
61. For DrunUcnn^s®, Oreach of Trust or Violation of 

Law. Any Grand Lodge Officer other than the Grand Qhancellor, may be 
removed from office for drunkenness, or for a breach of trust in connection 
with the funds of the Order, or for any violation of the criminal laws of his 
country or state, involving moral turpitude, or for willful neglect of his 
official duties, or obligations, or for any wilful betrayal of the interests of 
the Order, or for conduct unbecoming a Knight of Pythias. 

82. Charges Preferred by Xwo or IVIore. For any of the 
offenses specified in the preceding section, charges may be preferred against 
such Grand Lodge officer by two or more members of the Grand Lodge. 

83. Contents of Charges. The charges herein provided for shall 
specify the offense charged and in what it consists, with clearness and pre- 
cision and with reasonable detail as to time, place and circumstances, and 
shall be filed with the Recorder of the Grand Tribunal. 

S^4: Tribunal to Try. The Grand Tribunal shall constitute the 
tribunal for the trial of the Grand Lodge officer against whom charges shall 
have been preferred as provided by this chapter. 

85. Time, Place and Procedure. When such charges shall have 
been preferred and filed, the presiding officer of the Grand Tribunal shall 
fix a time and place for the trial thereof, and notify the other members of the 
tribunal of the time and place so appointed. Thereupon the Recorder of the 
Grand Tribunal shall attest and issue a summons citing the accused to appear 
before the tribunal on the day and at the place specified in the summons. 
He shall issue at the same time a correct copy of the charges, which shall 
accompany the summons and be served personally on the accused if found 
within the city or town in which his lodge is located, at least ten clear days 
before the hearing. If not found in the said city or town, then by depositing* 
the same in the postoffice, postage prepaid, at least two weeks prior to the 
hearing. Such summons and a copy of the charges may be served by the 
Marshal, or the Recorder when acting as Marshal of the Grand Tribunal. 

86. Kvidence Taken on Notice. Evidence on the trial of such 
charges may be oral or Dy depositions. At least ten clear days' notice of the 
time and place of taking depositions shall be given the adverse party. The 
Recorder of the Grand Tribunal, upon application of the accused, may desig- 
nate by order in writing the party on whom notice to the prosecution may 
be served, but such order shall be filed and kept with the papers in the 
cause. The notice may be served either by personal service, or by regis- 
tered letter to the proper postoffice address of the person entitled thereto. 



Chapter XIX.] STATUTES. 39 

A commissioner to take such deposition shall be appointed in writing by a. 
Grand Tribunal. 

ST. Chief Xribune to Preside and.- Case Continued for 
Cause. The Chief Tribune shall preside on the trial of such charges, and 
the Grand Tribunal may, on proper application, grant continuances, or for 
good cause shown, change the place fixed for the trial, having reference 
always to economy in expenditures and to the reasonable conv^enienceof the 
accused. 

88. Counsel I^ermitted. In all cases either party may be repre- 
sented by counsel of his own selection, who shall be members of the order 
in good standing. 

8Q. Officers Under Charges Suspended The Grand Lodge 
officer accused shall be suspended by the Grand Chancellor from the exer- 
cise of his official duties while such charges are pending against him, and 
the temporary vacancy thus occasioned shall be filled by the Grand Chan- 
cellor by appointment. 

90. Judgment Limited to Removal. If the Grand Lodge 
Officer so accused shall be convicted, the judgment shall not extend beyond 
his removal from office and disqualification to fill any office in the the Order 
thereafter. Conviction hereunder shall not prevent or preclude the trial 
and punishment of the accusecl for the same offense before any other Trib- 
unal of the Order having jurisdiction of the party and of the defense. 

91. affirmative Vote of Xhree to Convict. The conviction and 
removal from office of a Grand Lodge Officer, upon his trial herein pro- 
vided for, shall require the affirmative vote of four of the members of the 
Tribunal. If four members of said Tribunal shall vote in favor of his con- 
viction, the judgment shall be removal from his office and disqualification 
to hold any office in the Order, thereafter, or removal from office only, as the 
Tribunal by a two-thirds vote may determine. 

92. Duties of Office Vacated to be Performed by One 
Appointed. Upon the removal from office of a Grand Lodge officer by 
trial and conviction as herein provided for, the duties of said office shall 
devolve upon the person appointed thereto by the Grand Chancellor until 
the next convention of the Grand Lodge. 

93. Full Record Kept and Returned to Grand Lodge. 
The Recorder of the Grand Tribunal shall keep a full and accurate record 
of the proceedings of the trial, which record signed by the presiding* 
officer and attested by the recorder, shall be returned to the Grand Lodge 
at its next convention and filed in the archives of that body. 

94t. Rehearing Appeal and >Vrit of Error Jtllowed. Either 
party shall have the right of rehearing and appeal and writ of error as 
provided in other trials before the Grand Tribunal and upon the same 
terms, and the appeal and writ of error shall be to the Supreme Tribunal. 



40 GRAND [Title I, 

CHAPTER XX. 

RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION FOR ATTENDANCE AT CONVENTIONS 

OF THE GRAND LODGE, AT MEETINGS OF COMMITTEES, 

AT COUNCILS OF GRAND LODGE OFFICERS, 

AND AT SITTINGS OF THE GRAND 

TRIBUNAL. 

95. IVIembers, Officers and Committees F»aid. Members of 
the leg-islative department and officers and members of committees who are 
not otherwise entitled thereto shall receive compensation for attendance at 
conventions of the Grand Lodge, as follows : 

Paragraph 1. For each daily session of the Grand Lodge, including inter- 
vening Sundays, and week days upon which by reason of a recess no session 
may be held, a per diem compensation of two dollars ; provided, that a 
member shall be allowed per diem only for the time in actual attendance, 
and for one day going and coming to the convention ; provided, also, that 
but one Grand Representative for each Subordinate Lodge shall be paid 
such compensation and mileage at any one session. 

Par. 2. For each mile of distance traveled in going to and returning 
from such conventions, a mileage compensation of three cents. 

Par. 3. In computing the mileage compensation, the distance shall be 
reckoned from the actual residence within the Domain of which any person 
named in this section shall be a member, to the point at which the conven- 
tion of the Grand Lodge is held, and return therefrom by the shortest prac- 
ticable route. 

Par. 4. Members of all committees of the Grand Lodge shall receive 
for attendance at any legal meeting of such committee during the recess of 
the Grand Lodge, a per diem and mileage compensation at the rate of five 
dollars per day and three cents per mile, respectively, computed on the 
same basis as the compensation hereinbefore provided for attendance at 
conventions of the Grand Lodge, 

Par. 5. Grand Lodge officers, except the Grand Chancellor and Grand 
Keeper of Records and Seal when assembled in council as provided by the 
Grand Statutes, shall receive for attendance at such assembly in council, a 
per diem and mileage compensation of five dollars per day and three cents 
j)er mile. 

9 6. Tribunes and Recorder F»aid. Members and the Recorder 
of the Grand Tribunal shall receive for attendance at any sitting thereof, 
when duly held as provided by law, compensation at the -rate of five dollars 
per day, and three cents per mile, computed on the same basis as the compen- 
sation hereinbefore provided for attendance at conventions of the Grand 
Lodge. The recorder shall certify in writing the amount of mileage and 
per diem to which each is entitled under the provision of this section from 
time to time, and shall fi-le such certificate with the Grand Keeper of 



Chapter XXI.] 



STATUTES. 



41 



Records and Seal, whereupon the amount so certified shall be paid out of 
the general fund of the Grand Lodge. 

9T. But One IVIilcage Compensation for Each Journey. 

Nothing- in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the payment to one 
person of more than one mileage compensation for each journey performed 
to attend a convention of the Grand Lodge, or a meeting of a committee, or 
an assembly in council of the officers of the Grand Lodge. 

98. Kxpcnses of Grand Chancellor JPaid. All necessary 
reasonable expenses incurred by the Grand Chancellor in performance of 
liis duties shall be paid by the Grand Lodge. 

Q9. Expense of Deputies F»aid. All necessary reasonable 
expenses of a Deputy Grand Chancellor or Deputy at Large incurred 
while acting in their official capacity, shall be paid by the Grand Lodge. 

The actual expense of the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal and Grand 
Master of Exchequer in attendance upon special meetings or before com- 
anittees shall be paid by the Grand Lodge. 

CHAPTER XXI. 

RELATING TO SEALS. 

lOO. Seal to be Kept by Grand Keeper of Records and 
Seal. The Seal of the Grand Lodge shall be in accordance with the fol- 
Uowing design and shall be kept in the custody of the Grand Keeper of 




Records and Seal and shall be used in authenticating such documents as 
require his official attestation. 

lOl. Grand Chancellor to Keep His Own. The Official Seal 
'Of the Grand Chancellor shall be in accordance with the following design : 



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[Title I,. 




And shall be kept in the custody of the Grand Chancellor, and shall be used 
by him in authenticating- such documents as require his official signature, 
only. 

102. Recorder to Keep Seal of Grand Tribunal. The Offi- 
cial Seal of the Grand Tribunal shall bear the words, "Grand Tribunal, 
Knights of Pythias," in the outer circle thereof, and the words, "Domain, 
of Iowa," in the center thereof. Said seal shall be kept in the custody of 
the Recorder of the Tribunal, and shall be used in authenticating such 
documents as require official attestation. 

103. Subordinate Lodge Seal Kept by Keeper of Records 
and Seal. Each Subordinate Lodge within this Domain shall have an 
official seal, which shall bear its name, number, location and date of insti- 
tution, together with such appropriate devices as it shall adopt. Said seal 
shall be kept in the custody of the Keeper of Records and Seal, and shall 
be used by him in authenticating such documents as require his official 
attestation. 

CHAPTER XXII. 



RELATING TO THE REVENUE AND SUPPLIES OF THE GRAND GOVERNMENT. 

lO^i. Per Capita Xax, >?Varrants. Fees, Dispensations, 
Constitute Revenue. The Revenue of the Grand Government shall 
be derived from per capita tax, fees for warrants and charters, fees for dis- 
pensations, and the sale of supplies. 

lOS. Five F»er Cent Receipts and Not Exceeding Seventy 
Cents Per Capita. Each Subordinate Lodge shall pay to the Grand 
Lodge with each semi-annual report five per cent of the gross receipts and 
a per capita tax on all members, except Pages and Esquires, not to exceed 
seventy cents per annum, the amount to be fixed by the Grand Lodge at each 
annual convention. 

loa. Cost of Supplies, Etc. Each Lodge shall pay to the Grand. 
Keeper of Records and Seal, for charters, supplies, dispensations, etc., as. 
follows : 



Chapter XXIV.J STATUTES. 43, 

For charter fee $42.00 

For rituals, each 3.00 

For installment books, each 60 

For withdrawal cards, each 50 

For official receipts, per 100 100 

For traveling- shields, each 10 

For odes, each 10 

For odes set to music, each 30 

For applications for menibei-ship, per 100 1.50 

One-half of dispensations. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 

RELATING TO THE DISPOSAL OF THE FUNDS OF THE GRAND LODGE. 

lOT. Limit of Use. The funds of the Grand Lodge shall not be 
applied to any purpose that is inconsistent with the principles or purposes 
of the Order. 

108. lYlust Be Jotppropriated and Paid by Order. No expen- 
ditures shall be made from such funds except under appropriations made in 
accordance with the law, and upon an exchequer order, properly sig-ned and 
attested. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 

RELATING TO VOTING IN THE GRAND LODGE. 

109. Limited to Legislative Department. Voting in the 
Grand Dodge shall be confined to the members comprising the -Legislative 
Department uf the Grand Government. 

110. IVlajority. A majority of the legal votes cast shall determine 
all questions before the Grand Lodge unless otherwise provided by law. 

111. Yeas and Nays Called by Xen. On the call of ten members 
entitled to vote, the yeas and nays on any question shall be taken and 
entered in the Journal. 

112. Viva Voce, except on Elections. The manner of voting- 
shall be viva voce except for tiie election of officers. Supreme Repre- 
sentatives and the selection of a place of meeting for the annual convention 
of the Grand Lodge which shall be by written ballot. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

RELATING TO THE CREDENTIALS OF PAST CHANCELLORS. 

113. Form of Past Chancellors* Credential. A Past Chan- 
cellor, previous to his being admitted as a member of the Grand Lodge, 
must present a credential from his Subordinate Lodge according to the fol- 
lowing form furnished by the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal. 



44 GRAND [Title I, 

CERTIFICATE OF PAST CHANCELLOR. 

Lodge, No._- 

To the Grand Lodge of Iowa, Knights of Pythias: 

This is to Certify That "1 

having been duly qualified, passed the Chancellor Commander's chair of 
this Lodge, is hereby entitled to become a member of the Grand Lodge, 
Domain of Iowa. 

In AVitness Thereof, We have hereunto affixed our signatures 

and the Seal of the Lodge, at 

[seal] Iowa, this . day of A. D., 189-., 

and the Pythian Period the 



Attest: Grand Chancellor. 

Grand Keeper of Records and Seal. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 

RELATING TO THE ORDER OF BUSINESS IN THE GRAND LODGE. 

11-4. Robert's Rules tbe Guide. "Robert's Rules of Order." 
shall be the guide of the Grand Lodge and all Subordinate Lodges, in 
regard to parliamentary practice. 

lis. Order of Business. The business of the annual convention 
•shall be taken up in the following order after the opening ceremonies: 

1. Calling the roll of Officers and Representatives to ascertain a 
quorum. 

2. Report of Committee on Credentials. 

3. Conferring the Grand Lodge Rank. * 

4. Reading and passing upon the minutes. 

5. Reports of Grand Officers. 

6. Nomination of officers at 2 P. M., first day. 

,7. Reports of standing committees in the following order: 

(1) Committee on Judiciarj^ 

(2) Committee on Grievances. 

(3) Committee on Credentials. 

(4) Committee on Reports. 

(5) Committee on Mileage and Per Diem. 

(6) Committee on Printing, 

(7) Committee on Warrants and Charters. 

(8) Committee on Rules. 

(9) Committee on Foreign Correspondence and State of the Order. 

8. Reports of Special Committees. 

9. Unfinished business. 

10. To receive, refer, and act upon reports, petitions, appeals and other 
communications and new business. 

11. Election of officers afternoon second day. 

12. Installation of officers. 



Chapter L] STATUTES. 45 



TITLE II. 

TRIBUNAL. 

I. Orjianization. 

II. Appointment and terms of service of Tribunes. 

I [I. Sessions. 

I V. Appellate Jurisdiction. 

V. Original Jurisdiction. 

CHAPTER I. 

RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE GRAND TRIBUNAL. 

116. Consist of Five, Xtirec a Quorum, Shall Elect Chief. 

The Grand Tribunal shall consist of five Tribunes, any three of whom shall 
constitute a quorum. The concurrence of three shall be necessary to a 
decision. The Tribunes shall select, by ballot, one of their number, who 
shall preside as Chief Tribune. 

IIT. Precedence Jtccording to Date of Commissions, or 
Jtge. The Associate Tribunes shall have precedence according to the 
dates of their commissions, or when the commissions of two or more of them 
bear the same date, according to their respective ages. 

118. Vacancy of Chief, Duties Fall on First in Precedence, 
In case of a vacancy in the office of Chief Tribune, or of his inability for 
any reason to perform his duties, they shall devolve upon the Associate 
Tribune who is first in precedence until such disability is removed, or 
another Chief Tribune is duly qualified. This provision shall apply to every 
Associate Tribune who succeeds to the office of Chief Tribune. 

119. Oath. Each Tribune, before entering upon the discharge of the 
duties of his position, shall take and subscribe the following obligation : 

" I ( name ) do solemnly pledge my knightly honor that I will support the 
Supreme Constitution of the Order of the Knights of Pythias, and the 
Grand Constitution of the Domain of Iowa, and that I will discharge the 
duties of Tribune, without prejudice or partiality, and to the best of my 
ability, so help me God." 

The Grand Prelate shall administer the obligation to one of the five 
Tribunes first appointed, and this Tribune when so obligated, shall admin- 
ister said obligation to his four associates. The Chief Tribune shall admin- 
ister the obligation to each Tribune thereafter chosen. 

120. Recorder and IVIarshal to be fltppointed. The Grand Tri- 
bunal shall appoint a Recorder and a Marshal at its sessions for said Tribu- 
nal. The duties of Marshal shall devolve upon the Recorder so long as the 
Tribunal shall elect, or until otherwise provided by law. 



46 GRAND [Title II, 

121. Duties of Recorder. It shall be the duty of 'the Recorder to 
attend upon the Tribunal at its sessions, issue its processes and keep a full 
and correct record of all the proceedings of said Tribunal. It shall be the 
duty of the Marshal to execute all processes and order's issuing from the 
■Grand Tribunal or an associate Tribune in pursuance of law, and to take 
charge of all property of the Grand Government used by the Tribunal or its 
members. 

12 2. Reporter. The Grand Tribunal shall select from among its 
members a reporter of its decisions. 

123. Duties of Reporter. The Reporter shall compile the 
decisions of the Grand Tribunal for each year, and shall prepare the same 
for printing and publication within thirty days from the end of each year. 
When so compiled and prepared the Reporter shall at once deliver the 
manuscript to the Chairman of the Committee on Printing for publication. 

CHAPTER II. 

RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT AND TERMS OF SERVICE OF GRAND 

TRIBUNES AND TO PROVIDE FOR FILLING VACANCIES IN 

THE GRAND TRIBUNAL. 

12-4. ^ppointnaent and Confirmation. The Grand Chancellor 
shall on the adoption of this statute and before the installation of officers in 
Ihe Convention of 1895, nominate the first five Tribunes and they shall be 
■confirmed by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of all the 
members of the Grand Lodge in convention assembled. Their terms of 
service shall be one for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one 
ior four years and one for five years. 

125. appointment and Confirmation Subsequent to 
First. Each Tribune thereafter chosen shall be nominated by the Grand 
Chancellor immediately after his installation, and his nomination confirmed 
-by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the members of the Grand Lodge 
in convention assembled. If the nomination fail of confirmation the Grand 
Chancellor shall nominate and continue to make nominations until a nom- 
inee shall be confirmed by the Grand Lodge. The term of service of a 
Tribune thus chosen shall be five years. 

126. Vacancies Filled During Recess. Should a vacancy 
occur in the membership of the Grand Tribunal during the recess of the 
Grand Lodge, the Grand Chancellor shall fill such vacancy by the appoint- 
ment of a Past Chancellor in good standing who shall hold said office until 
■the next convention of the Grand Lodge. 



Chapter lY.] STATUTES. 47 

CHAPTER III. 

RELATING TO THE SESSIONS OF THE GRAND TRIBUNAL. 

12T. One Ttnnually and Others if Needed. The Grand Tri- 
bunal shall hold at least one session annually, and such other sessions as it 
maj^ find necessary for the dispatch of business. It shall determine for 
itself the times and places for its sessions and give due notice thereof, but 
the first session shall be held at Des Moines, Iowa, within ten days from the 
selection thereof. 

126, 33tdjourned if no Quorum. If at any session a quorum does 
not attend on the day appointed for holding it, the Tribunes who do attend 
may adjourn from day to day for five days after said appointed time unless 
a quorum shall sooner appear. If a quorum does not attend, the Tribunes 
attending may within said five days make all necessary orders in any mat- 
ter or proceeding pending in. or returned to said Grand Tribunal prepara- 
tory to the hearing and decision thereof, and may fix the time and place for 
the next session of the Grand Tribunal, and continue the business of the 
Grand Tribunal over till the session so appointed, and if during a session 
after a c[uorum has assembled less than a quorum attend on any daj% the 
Tribunes in attendance may adjourn from day to day until a quorum appears 
or may appoint a time and place for the next session and adjourn accord- 
ingly. 

CHAPTER IV. 

RELATING TO THE APPELLATE JURISDICTION OF THE GRAND TRIBUNAL 
AND REGULATING THE PROCEEDINGS THEREIN. 

129. Jurisdiction. That appeals, both as to law and fact, shall be 
allowed to the Grand Tribunal from all final judgments or decrees of any 
Subordinate Lodge, or from any final order, decision or decree of the Grand 
Chancellor. 

130. Record Transmitted in Thirty Days to Tribunal. 
Upon the appeal of any case, a complete transcript of the records shall be 
made, including the evidence, and such entries and papers on file as may be 
necessary on the hearing of the appeal, and the same shall be transmitted 
by the officer having the original record in his custody and control to the 
Grand Tribunal, within the thirty days after the appeal is granted ; pro- 
vided, that the Grand Tribunal may order any original document or other 
evidence to be sent up, in addition to the copy of the record, or in lieu of a 
copy, of a part thereof, and on such appeals no evidence shall be received 
by the Grand Tribunal, except as provided in section 145 of these Statutes. 

131. 21^ppeal IVIust Be Taiten in Twenty Days. No judgment, 
decree, decision or order shall be reviewed on appeal in the Grand Tribunal j 
unless such appeal be taken within twenty days after the making or entry 
of such final judgment, decision, decree, or order : provided, that where a 
party entitled to appeal is an infant, an insane person, or imprisoned, such 



48 GRAND [Title II, 

appeal may be taken within twenty days after the judg-ment, decision, 
decree, or order, exclusive of the term of such disability ; and provided, 
further, that the Subordinate Lodge rendering the order, judgment or decree 
appealed from, if applied^to during- the said twenty days, may for good cause 
shown, extend the time for taking the appeal, for such period as in its judg- 
ment the ends of justice may require; provided, further, that notice of said 
appeal shall be served on the adverse party or the attorney of record prior 
to the expiration of said twenty days. 

132. Writ of Error Permitted. All final judgments, decisions, 
orders or decrees from which an appeal would lie, may be re-examined and. 
modified, reversed or affirmed in the Grand Tribunal upon a writ of error. 

133. Jluttientlcated Transcript of Record Filed and 
Jtssignment of Errors Served. To remove a case to the Grand 
Tribunal on writ of eri-or, the party complaining shall file with the Recorder 
of the 'Grand Tribunal an authenticated transcript of the whole record, 
together with an assignment in writing of the error complained of, with a 
prayer for the relief desired. He shall give the adverse party ten clear days' 
notice of the time and place of filing- the same, and the notice thus served 
shall be in lieu of any further citation of the party upon whom it is served, 
and no writ of error need actually issue unless otherwise ordered by the 
Grand Tribunal. Said assignment of errors and notice duly served upon 
the adverse party shall be annexed to the authenticated transcript, and 
shall be a necessary part of the record upon which the Grand Tribunal may 
re-examine the cause removed thereto upon writ of error. 

134. IVIust Be IVlade in Six IVIonttis. No judgment, decision, 
decree or order shall be reviewed in the Grand Tribunal on w^rit of error, 
unless the application therefor is made within six months after making or 
entry of said judgment, decision, decree or order; provided, that where 
a party entitled to prosecute a writ of error is an infant, insane i^erson, or 
imprisoned, such writ may be prosecuted within one year after the judg- 
ment, decision, decree or order, exclusive of the term of such disability. 

135. Amendment K-llo-wed >?Vhen Justice Requires. The 
the Grand Tribunal may at any time, in its discretion and upon such terms 
as it may deem just, allow an amendment to the proceedings whereby any 
cause is sought to be removed to the Grand Tribunal by appeal or writ of 
error, if, in its judgment, the purposes of justice require it. 

136. Judgment IVlay Be Superseded. Upon the institution of 
proceedings in the Grand Tribunal by writ of error, any member of the 
Grand Tribunal may at chambers supersede the judgment, decision, decree 
or order complained of, if upon examination of the transcript of the record 
and assignment of errors he is of opinion that the purposes of justice will be 
best subserved thereby. His order directing that the proceedings shall 
operate as a supersedeas shall be in writing, and the party complaining- 
shall at once give the adverse party written notice of such order, accompa- 
nied with a certified copy of the order. 



Chapter III.] STATUTES.- 49 

13T. IVIay Affirm, Direct Other Proceedings or Grant 
New Trial. The Grand Tribunal may affirm, modify or reverse any 
judgment, decision, decree or order lawfully brought before it for review, 
or it may direct such further proceedings to be had by the inferior tribu- 
nal from which it came, as the justice of the case may require, or it may 
grant a new trial and remand the cause in such case as it may deem neces- 
sary and proper. 

138. Rehearing Granted if Asked W^ithin Si:?ty Days. 
The Grand Tribunal shall have the power to grant a rehearing of any mat- 
ter determined by it for good cause shown, provided an application for 
rehearing be made within sixty days. 

139. Shall Issue Writs. The Grand Tribunal shall have power 
to issue all writs which may be necessary for the exercise of its jurisdic- 
tion, and to prescribe the forms of such writs and other process and the 
mode of framing and filing proceedings and pleadings, taking and obtain- 
ing testimony, entering and enrolling decrees, and generally to regulate 
the practice in the Grand Tribunal. 

l-*0. Parties IVIay Kmploy Counsel. In all cases pending in 
the Grand Tribunal, the parties may plead and manage their own cases- 
personally, or by the assistance of such counsel as by the rules of the Grand 
Tribunal are permitted to conduct causes therein. 

14H. Lost Record Supplied. When any cause has been removed 
to the Grand Tribunal and the record filed therein or any part thereof has 
been lost, or mislaid, or destroyed, the same may be supplied by order of 
the Grand Tribunal authorizing it to be supplied by a duly certified copy 
of the original record, when the same can be obtained. If this can not be 
done, then the Grand Tribunal may authorize it to be supplied in substance 
and effect from the best evidence obtainable. 

142. Record May be Corrected. If in any case the transcript 
of the record filed in the Grand Tribunal is not correct, or not full and 
complete, either party may suggest a diminution of the record and ask the 
Grand Tribunal for a certiorari directed to the Tribunal below, to send up 
a more perfect record, such suggestion must be supported by affidavit, 
stating the defect, unless it is apparent on the face of the record. 

1-43. Process IVIay be 25.mended. The Grand Tribunal in its 
discretion, may at any time and upon such terms as it deems just, allow an 
amendment of any process returnable before it, when the defect has not 
prejudiced and the amendment will not injure the party against whom such 
process issues. 

14^-4. 2tuthority to Punish Contempt. The Grand Tribunal 
shall have power to impose and administer all necessary obligations, and 
to punish by fine contempt of its authority; provided that such power to 
punish contempts shall not be construed to extend to any case except mis- 
behavior in the presence of the Grand Tribunal, or so near thereto as to 
obstruct its business, the misbehavior of any of the officers of the Grand. 
4 



50 ' GRAND [Title II, 

'Tribunal in their official transactions, and the disobedience or resistance 
hy any such officer, or by any party, witness or counsel, or other person, to 
any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command of the Grand 
Tribunal. 

I4t5. Trial I>c Novo. The Grand Tribunal may, in any case com- 
ing- to it by appeal, if in its judgment the ends of justice require it, try the 
-same de novo, not only upon the record and evidence sent up with the 
appeal, but may permit the taking of, and may hear additional evidence so 
that complete relief may be granted and the remanding of said cause be 
avoided. 

146. Procedure Regulated by Tribunal. The Grand Tribu- 
nal may prescribe the forms of process and the methods of framing and 
ifiling proceedings and pleadings, taking testimony, entering decrees and 
collecting the fines, and shall have full power to regulate its practice in 
proceedings for contempts and the punishment thereof. 

l-ftZ. Fines F»aid to Grand I^odge. The fines imjDOsed in such 
/cases when collected shall be paid into the treasury of the Grand Lodge by 
the Recorder of the Grand Tribunal. 

CHAPTER V. 

RELATING TO THE ORIGINAL JURISDICTION OF THE GRAND TRIBUNAL, AND 
REGULATING THE PROCEDURE THEREIN. 

14t8. Jurisdiction. The Grand Tribunal shall have exclusive juris- 
diction of all controversies between Subordinate Lodges in this Domain. 

149. Statement Verified by F»ledge of Honor. Whenever 
any member of or a Subordinate Lodge of the Order in this Domain con- 
siders himself or itself entitled to relief which the Grand Tribunal is 
authorized to give under the Constitution and Laws of the Order, he or it 
shall make a statement in writing, addressed to the Grand Tribunal, setting 
forth the facts of the case and stating the relief asked for, and the names 
of all parties who may be interested in the subject matter. Such state- 
nient, if made by a member, shall be verified by a pledge of honor of the 
party making it, to the effect that he believes that the statements therein 
made are accurate and true. If by a Subordinate- Lodge, it shall be 
authenticated by the seal of such lodge and by the signatures of the presid- 
ing and clerical officers. 

150. Filed 'Witti Recorder. Said statements shall be filed with 
the Recorder of the Grand Tribunal, who without unnecessary delay, shall 
send by registered mail a copy thereof, attested by him, to each person or 
Subordinate Lodge designated as a party defendent, together with a writ- 
ten notice that ten days thereafter the cause therein described will be 
entered upon the docket of the Grand Tribunal. 

151. Xime of Hearing. On the days indicated in said notice, the 
Slecorder shall enter such cause upon the docket of the Grand Tribunal, 



OhapterV.] STATUTES. 51 

•and it shall thereafter be ready for hearing-, except as hereinafter provided. 
When the parties plead or answer they shall file a copy thereof with their 
answer. If any of them file answer to the complaint the Recorder shall send 
■the copies of -such answer to the parties complainant, by registered mail, 
and ten days after receipt thereof either party may proceed to take evi- 
dence. No deposition shall be read in evidence in the hearing of any cause 
which shall not have been taken before a Past Chancellor of the Order, 
after reasonable notice to the adverse parties of the time and place of 
taking the same. The notice required shall be by registered letter, mailed 
to his last known address. 

152. Procedure and Forms to be Determined by Tribunal. 
The Grand Tribunal shall have power to prescribe from time to time, and 
in any manner not inconsistent with the laws of the Order, the forms of 
•writs and other process ; the modes of framing and filing proceedings and 
pleadings ; of taking and obtaining evidence, of drawing up, entering and 
enrolling its decrees and judgments, and generally to regulate the practice 
to be used by it. 

153. JS.11 Writs Signed by Recorder. All writs and processes 
issuing from the Grand Tribunal shall be under the seal thereof and signed 
by its Recorder, and shall be served and returned in such manner as the 
Tribunal may prescribe by its rules and regulations, or as shall be provided 
"by law. 

154. Causes IVIay be Consolidated. When causes of a like 
nature or relating to the same question, are pending before the Grand Tri- 
bunal, it may make such orders and rules concerning proceedings therein 
as will best avoid unnecessary costs or delay in the administration of justice, 
and by consent of the parties shall consolidate such causes when it appears 
proper so to do. 

155. 7S:mendments?tllowed for Cause. For good cause shown 
the Grand Tribunal maj- allow amendments to the proceedings in causes 
pending before it, either in the pleadings or by the introduction of new 
parties, upon such conditions and under such restrictions as it may provide 
in the Rules of Procedure, or whenever it may be made to appear that the 
purposes of justice require it. It may also, upon good cause shown, permit 
parties to be made other than those already parties thereto, upon it being 
made to satisfactorily appear that they are substantially^ interested in the 
subject matter of the controversy. 

156. Default Xaken if No appearance. No judgment shall be 
taken or decree entered by default within less than ten days after it shall 
have been docketed by the Grand Tribunal. After the cause shall have 
been docketed therein for twentj" days, if the person ov bodj^ complained of 
shall not have appeared and defended, the Grand Tribunal shall proceed as 
if the complaint or the facts- alleged in the petition were admitted ; provided, 
however, that upon good cause shown, the Grand Tribunal may extend the 
time for defense against the complaint : or after judgment or decree entered 
by default, upon good cause shown and upon terms fixed by it, maj" set aside 
such judgment or decree and reopen it for proof, and upon the hearing- 
Tthereof render such judgment as to it may appear right. 



52 



GRAND 



[Title III, 



TITLE III. 

SUBORDINATE LODGES. 

I. Institution. 

II. Conventions ai d business. 

III. Officers. 

IV. Nomination, election and installation. 
V. Grand Representc^tive. 

VI. Duties of officers. 

VII. Audit of accounts. 

VIII. Ranks. 

IX. Dues and assessments. 

X. Good standing. 

XI. Issue and use of transfer cards. 

XII. Issue and use of withdrawal cai'ds. 

XIII. Reinstatement. 

XIV. Status of members under suspension. 
XV. Funeral benefits. 

XVI. Weekly benefits — Relief committee. 

XVII. Arrears. 

XVIII. Presiding officer other than Chancellor Commander. 

XIX. Voting. 

XX, Resort to civil courts. 

XXI. Warrants and charters. 

XXII. Fees for membership. 

XXIII. Disposal of funds. 

XXIV. Rituils. 
XXV. Rules of order. 

XXVf. Reports. 

XXVII. By-Laws. 

XXVIII. Order of business. 

CHAPTER I. 



RELATING TO AND REGULATING THE INSTITUTION OF SUBORDINATE 

LODGES. 

15T. Institution of Lodge. When a petition for a Subordinate 
Lodge within this Domain is granted and a warrant issued therefor, the 
Grand Chancellor shall designate the time and place at which said Subor- 
dinate Lodge shall be instituted, and shall cause the Grand Keeper of 
Records and Seal officially to notify the petitioners that, at that time and 
place, such Subordinate Lodge will be instituted. At the time and place 
designated in the notice, the Grand Chancellor, or his duly authorized 
Deputy, having examined the hall and satisfied himself that it is adapted 
to the conferring of the Ranks, shall call the meeting of the petitioners to 
order, and in case of a Deputy, shall read his commission as instituting 



Chapter I.] STATUTES. 53 

officer. He shall also read the petition for the institution of the Lodge, 
call the list ©f names upon said petition, and satisfy himself of the identity 
of each person answering such roll call. 

15S. Fees shall be Collected. The Instituting Officer shall then 
collect from each of the petitioners who are not already- members of the 
Order, the fees for three Ranks, the aggregate of which shall not be less 
than ten dollars, and from those who are members of the Order, not less 
than five dollars. 

159. an IVIust F»ass Secret Ballot. He will then require the 
applicants to vote by secret ballot on each name on the list, beginning 
with the last. He may, however, at his discretion, allow a single ballot to 
"be taken for the entire list, having previously notified the applicants that 
if one black ball should appear on the general ballot, a separate ballot will 
be required on each name. If the general ballot be fair he shall declare all 
the applicants elected. If one black ball appear, he will then require a 
separate ballot as above directed. Should any be rejected, he shall return 
the fees paid by such rejected person. 

leo. an Excluded Except Those Having S. Tt. F». >V. 
The Instituting Officer will then exclude from the hall all who are not in 
possession of the S. A. P. W.. and proceed to confer the Ranks of Knight- 
hood upon the several petitioners who have been elected thereto. 

161. Precedence Given to Officers. In conferring the Ranks, 
precedence shall be given to those of the petitioners who. at a preliminary 
meeting, may have been selected the first officers of the Lodge. 

i€>2. Election. When the Ranks of Knighthood shall have been 
conferred upon at least those of ^ the petitioners who may have been previ- 
ously chosen* as officers, the Instituting Officer may proceed to hold the 
election of officers for said Subordinate Lodge for the current term. 

l€>3. Installation. The bonds of the bonded officers having been 
approved by vote of the petitioners, the Instituting Officer shall install the 
officers elected and those subsequently appointed. 

164. Official Dedication. The Instituting Officer shall then 
officially declare the Lodge duly instituted, and deliver to the Chancellor 
Commander the "Warrant therefor. 

165. Fees F»aid Over. The Installing Officer shall then pay over 
to the Master of Exchequer of the lodge the entire amount received as 
Rank and membership fees from the petitioners, taking a receipt therefor. 

166. Report of Instituting Officer. As soon as practicable 
after the institution of the lodge, the instituting officer shall forward to 
the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal a report showing : 

Paragraph 1. The name, number and location of the lodge, together 
with a list of its officers and the date of its institution. 

Par. 2. The number of petitioners for the institution of the lodge, and 
the number on whom the Ranks were conferred. 

Par. 3. A list of the names of the applicants rejected on ballot. 



54 GRAND [Title III, 

CHAPTER II. 

RELATING TO THE CONVENTIONS AND BUSINESS OF A SUBORDINATE 

LODGE. 

16T. Conventions Held AVcclily. The stated conventions of a 
subordinate lodge shall be held once a week at a place and on the day 
appointed, and shall not be changed without the approval of the Grand 
Lodge or the Grand Chancellor, and previous notice to all the members. 
The hour of convening shall be prescribed by the by-laws. 

16S. Special on Call of Chancellor Commander. Special 
conventions may be ordered by the lodge, or called by the Chancellor Com- 
mander on his own motion, or on the written request of fi,ve members. Na 
business shall be transacted at a special convention except that stated in 
the call, due notice of which shall be mailed to every member. 

169. Business Xransacted in Knight's Rank. All lodge 
business shall be transacted when the lodge is open in the Knight Rank, 
except the actual conferring of the Page or the Esquire Rank, and except 
when conducting the trial of a Page or Esquire. 

CHAPTER III. 

RELATING TO THE ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OP THE OFFICERS OF A 
SUBORDINATE LODGE. 

ITO. Elective Officers. The elective officers of a subordinate 
lodge shall be a Chancellor Commander, Vice-Chancellor, Prelate, Master 
of Work, Keeper of Records and Seal, Master of Finance, Master of Exche- 
quer, Master-at-Arms, Inner Guard and Outer Guard, who shall be elected 
semi-annually by separate ballots, at thefirst regular meeting in the months 
of June and December. 

ITI. Trustees. At the annual election of officers in December^ 
three trustees shall be elected to serve for one year. 

CHAPTER IV. 

RELATING TO AND REGULATING THE NOMINATION, ELECTION AND 

INSTALLATION OF THE OFFICERS OF SUBORDINATE 

LODGES AND FOR FILLING VACANCIES. 

ITZ. Term Office and Officer Ttpplies to Ritualistic 
Offices. The words "office" and "officer," as used in this Chapter, shall 
apply to such offices as are designated in the Ritual for Subordinate Lodges 
and to no others. 

1T3. Jtny Knight Eligible. Any Knight of good standing in a 
Subordinate Lodge shall be eligible to any office in the lodge of which he 
is a member. 

1T4. Nomination to be IVlade at 2tny Time. Nominations of 
candidates for an elective office of a Subordinate Lodge may be made at 
any time prior to the balloting for such candidates. 



Chapter IV.] STATUTES. 55 

ITS. M:ll Shall Have Opportunity to be Heard: Absence 
Shall Not Prevent One Being Nominated. The presiding officer 
shall not close the nominations until every member present has had an 
opportunity to be heard, nor shall a qualified member, duly nominated, be 
excluded from the list of nominees because he is not i)resent. 

1T6. IVIust be Elected Separately. All elective officers of a 
Subordinate Lodge shall be separately elected by majority vote upon writ- 
ten ballot, but votes polled for parties that have not been duly nominated 
or votes in blank, shall be deemed scattering, and be excluded from the- 
count. 

IT 7. Tellers and Duties. When an election is to be held for any 
office or officers in the lodge, the Chancellor Commander shall appoint two 
members as tellers. The Knights entitled to vote shall then be counted, and 
their number noted. When the poll has been declared open, each qualified 
Knight shall deposit his ballot. After collecting and counting the ballots, 
should it appear that a greater number of votes were cast than there were 
legally qualified Knights voting, and that such excess of votes equals or 
exceeds the majority which the successful candidate received, then the 
Chancellor Commander shall declare the ballot illegal and void, and direct 
that another be taken immediately. 

ITS. Candidate Receiving Lowest Vote Dropped. Incase 
there are three or more candidates for the same office, neither of whom 
have received a majority of the votes polled on the first ballot, the candi- 
date receiving the lowest number of votes shall be dropped, and so on in each 
succeeding ballot until an election is had, except in case of a tie vote occur- 
ring on the two candidates next to the highest, when it shall be confined to 
the three highest. 

1T9. Votes to be Sealed on Demand. The tellers shall upon 
the demand of three members present and voting carefully place all the 
ballots cast on any vote in an envelope, seal and endorse the same with the 
number of the vote, as 1st, 2d, etc., and the office voted for. Said envelopes 
shall be carefully preserved by the Keeper of Records and Seal until the 
installation of the officers declared elected, and longer if necessary, to be 
used in any contest made. The recanvass of the vote shall be made by a 
committee of three appointed by the Grand Chancellor, and the contestant 
shall have the right to be present at such new canvass. 

180. Installation at First IVIeeting. Except as hereinafter pro- 
vided, all officers of a Subordinate Lodge shall be installed at the first 
stated meeting of the term for which they are to serve; provided, that all 
requirements of the Grand Lodge relative thereto have been complied 
with, and provided also that no such officer shall be installed unless he be 
in good standing and has fully paid to the Lodge all dues and claims of 
whatsoever nature then accrued. If at the time designated foi- the instal- 
lation, an officer elect is absent, the installing officer, unless such absence- 



56 GRAND [Title III, 

be excused by formal vote of the Lodge, or if such ofiicer elect be disquali- 
fied for installation, shall declare a vacancy in the office, which vacancy 
shall at once be filled by election. No officer shall assume the duties of his 
office until he has been regularly installed. Any officer elect who may 
have been absent from regular installation, and whose absence shall be 
excused by his Lodge, may be installed at a subsequent meeting, at the con- 
venience of the Lodge and of the installing officer. Should the installation 
for any cause not be held at the meeting herein designated, then it shall 
take place at the earliest meeting thereafter which the convenience of the 
Lodge and of the installing officer will allow, but in such case the Keeper 
of Records and Seal shall notify all officers elect present at such meeting. 
All installations of the officers of a Subordinate Lodge shall be by authority 
of the Grand Lodge, and shall be conducted by the Grand Chancellor or a 
Deputy duly commissioned therefor by such authority, and only in the form 
and manner prescribed by the Supreme Lodge in the installation service 
established for Subordinate Lodges. 

181. Inattention, Absence or Conduct Subjects Officer 
to Removal. Any officer may be removed, for inattention to the duties 
of his station or conduct unbecoming his standing in the Order. Absence 
for four consecutive Conventions, shall create a vacancy, unless excused by 
the lodge. 

1S2. Nomination and Election to Fill Vacancy. The nomi- 
nation and election to fill any vacancy may be held at the same or any 
regular Convention after a vacancy has been declared. 

183. Officers Under Charges IVIay Officiate. Every officer 
against whom charges are preferred shall have a fair and impartial trial, 
in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations of the Order, but he 
may officiate in his office, except on matters connected with the charges, or 
trial, until the same have been settled. 

18-^. Vacancy in Office of Representative Filed at Regu= 
lar or Special Convention. If, for any cause, the office of Repre- 
sentative of a Subordinate Lodge is vacated, the same shall be filled by 
nomination and election, as provided for in sections 174-179, inclusive, of 
this chapter, at the next or any regular convention after the announcement 
by the Chancellor Commander in open lodge, that an election will be held 
to fill such vacancy : provided, that when such announcement does not allow 
the Representative-elect sufficient time to prepare for and travel to the 
ensuing convention of the Grand Lodg-e, the lodge may hold such election 
forthwith, either in regular or special convention. 

185. Vacancies Filled in IVIanner of Original Selection. 
Vacancies in office, by whatsoever cause produced, shall be filled in the 
manner of the original selection, and such officers shall be installed at the 
earliest convenience of the lodge and of the installing officer. Officers so 
chosen and installed shall hold office for the remainder of the official term, 



'Chapter v.] STATUTES. 57 

^nd shall, upon the installation of their successors, be deemed to have 
-served the full term, and in case of the Chancellor Commander shall be 
-entitled to the honor of Past Chancellor. 

186. R C. C. Re=clected is Entitled to Honor of Pa^t 
Chancellor. A Chancellor Commander serving- his first term, who may- 
be elected for another term, is entitled to the honor of Past Chancellor in 
the Grand Lodge. 

CHAPTER V. 

RELATING TO THE GRAND REPRESENTATIVES. THEIR CREDENTIALS, 
INSIGNIA, AND REPORT. 

18T. Representative's Credential. In order to gain admittance 
to the Grand Lodg-e. each Representative must be furnished by his Lodg-e 
with a certificate in the following form, a duplicate of which must be 
sent to the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal immediately after his 
■election : 

REPRESENTATIVE'S CREDENTIAL. 

Castle HALti or Lodge No 

Iowa. 

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. 

GRAND DOMAIN OF IOWA. 

This IS to Certify, That Past Chancellor ^ has been 

duly elected a Representative of this Lodge, Knights of Pythias of Iowa, 

to serve for one year from the second Wednesday in August, 18 

In Witness Whereof. We have hereunto affixed our hands and the seal 

•of our Lodge, this day of A. D. 189. ._, P. P.. 

[seal] C. C. 

Attest: K. of R. & S. 

188. Jewel. Each Representative shall be required at all conven- 
tions of the Grand Lodge to wear a Representative Jewel, as prescribed by 
-the Supreme Lodge, and all lodges are required to furnish such jewels to 
their Representatives. 

18Q. Representative IVIust Report. A Grand Representative 
shall submit to his lodge a report in writing within two regular conven- 
tions after the adjournment of the Grand Lodge. 

CHAPTER VL 

RELATING TO THE DUTIES OF OFFICERS OF A SUBORDINATE LODGE. 

IQO. Duties of Chancellor Commander. The Chancellor 
Commander shall preside at all conventions of the lodge, appoint all ofh- 
cers pro tempore, enforce the laws, rules and regulations of the lodge, 
and those of the Supreme and Grand Lodges, sign all orders on the Master 
of Exchequer ordered by the vote of the lodge. He shall announce the 



58 GRAND [Title III;, 

result of all balloting or other voting- of the lodge, appoint a majority of air. 
committees ( unless otherwise ordered by the lodge ), and perform all duties 
pertaining to his office enjoined by the Ritual and laws of the Order. He 
shall determine when and how much work may be done before conferring* 
the ranks at any convention of the lodge, unless otherwise ordered by the 
vote of the members present. 

191. Vice Chancellor. The Vice-Chancellor shall assist the Chan- 
cellor Commander in preserving order in the lodge, appoint a minority of 
all committees (unless otherwise ordered by the lodge), aid him in conduct- 
ing the ritualistic ceremonies, work, and business of the lodge, and have 
charge of the inner door. He shall preside in the absence of the Chancel- 
lor Commander, and perform such other duties as are enjoined by the laws 
of the Order. 

19Z. Keeper of Records and Seal. The Keeper of Records 
and Seal shall keep an accurate record of all the proceedings of the lodge, 
make out the semi-annual report of the work and business of the lodge, 
for the Grand Lodge, and such other documents and notices as may be- 
ordered by the lodge. 

193. Same. He shall notify the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal 
immediately of any change in his office or postoffice address, or that of 
the Chancellor Commander, notify sister lodges in the county wherein the 
lodge may be situated, of all applicants for initiation or membership by 
card, setting forth their name, age, occupation, place of business, and resi-- 
dence, immediately after their being read to the lodge ; give notica to the 
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal of all rejections of candidates, and the 
suspension and reinstatement of members ; have charge of the correspon- 
dence, records, and seal of the lodge, and perform such other duties as are 
enjoined by the laws, rules and regulations of the Order. He shall receive- 
for his services such compensation as the By-Laws of the lodge may pre- 
scribe. 

19-*. IVIaster of Finance. Before any one shall be installed into 
the office of Master of Finance he shall file with the lodge a bond, with 
sureties approved by the lodge, in such sum as shall be fixed by resolution 
immediately after the election of officers, conditioned for the faithful dis-- 
charge of the duties of the office of Master of Finance and for delivery to 
his successor at the end of his official term, or upon his removal from office, 
of all the property and funds of the lodge of which he may become pos- 
sessed by virtue of his incumbency of said office, which may or should be 
in his possession at the time the office is vacated. 

19S. Duties. He shall keep just and correct accounts between the- 
lodge and its members, receive all moneys due the lodge, giving his receipt 
therefor ; pay the same immediately to the Master of Exchequer, taking 
his receipt for the same : notify all members who are in arrears ; furnish 
the Keeper of Records and Seal with a statement of the receipts previous- 



Chapter VL] STATUTES. 59 

to the close of each convention : make out and submit at the first c(fnven- 
tion in the next term a full and complete report of the transactions of his 
office, and perform such other duties as are enjoined by the laws, rules, and 
regulations. He shall receive for his services such compensation as may 
be prescribed in the by-laws. 

19a. IVIaster of Exchequer. Before any one shall be installed 
in the office of Master of Exchequer he shall file with the lodge a bond, 
with securities approved by the lodge, in such sum as shall be fixed by 
resolution immediately after the election of officers, conditioned for the- 
faithful discharge of the duties of the office of Master of Exchequer, and 
for the delivery to his successor at the end of his official term, or upon his 
removal from office, of all the property and funds of the lodge of which he 
may become possessed by virtue of his incumbency of said office, which 
may or should be in his possession at the time the office is vacated. 

19T. Duties. The Master of Exchequer shall enter upon the duties 
of his office immediately after his installation : he shall receive the funds- 
that should come into his hands by virtue of his office, and shall give receipt 
therefor by his proper signature and official title, and he and his sureties- 
shall be responsible therefor. 

J 98. Same. He shall pay all orders drawn on him by the Chancel- 
lor Commander and attested by the Keeper of Records and Seal, and such 
orders when properly endorsed by the respective payees, shall be his only 
valid vouchers for the disbursements of the funds of the lodge. 

199. Same. He shall submit to the lodge at the first convention in 
the next term, a full report of the receipts and disbursements of his office 
with vouchers. 

200. IVIaster at 2S.rms. The Master at Arms shall have charge of 
the working properties of the lodge, and be held responsible for their safe 
keeping, and perform such other duties as are required and enjoined by 
the laws of the Order. 

201. Trustees." The Board of Trustees, neither of whom shall be 
the Chancellor Commander, Vice-Chancellor, Master of Exchequer, or- 
Master of Finance of the lodge, shall be charged with the general super- 
vision and care of investments and other lodge property, negotiate and sign, 
all leases, invest in such loans, stocks or other securities as the lodge may 
direct; call in, sell, and realize on loans, stocks and other investments 
whenever the lodge shall order the same to be done, collect all interest, 
dividends, rents and other money arising or accruing from any and all the 
investments belonging to the lodge, and immediately pay the money col- 
lected by them to the Master of Finance. 

202. Same. They shall report v/hen called upon by the lodge and 
make a full report in writing, together with an inventory of all the proper- 
ties of the lodge, at the first convention in each year. 

203. Same. They shall examine and audit all bills and claims,, 
unless otherwise ordered by the lodge. 



•60 GRAND [Title III, 

CHAPTER VII. 

RELATING TO THE AL^DIT OF THE BOOKS OF THE FINANCIAL OFFICERS. 

204t. Auditing Committee. On the ni^-ht of the election of 
officers there shall be appointed a committee of three Knights for the 
purpose of auditing- the books and accounts of the Master of Exchequer, 
Master of Finance, and Keeper of Records and Seal. Said committee shall 
report in writing at the next stated convention. 

205. Same. The Auditing Committee shall also audit the books 
^nd accounts of the Trustees, and report to the lodge in writing within 
thirty days after the close of the last term in each year. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

RELATING TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE RANKS OF KNIGHTHOOD. 

206. Eligibility. The conditions of eligibility to apply for the 
Hanks of Knighthood, and the manner in which such ranks or any of them 
may be attained, shall be as prescribed in this Chapter, and not otherwise. 

207. IVIust Reside in Iowa — Qualifications. An applicant 
for the Ranks of Knighthood must be a resident of the State of Iowa and 
have resided therein not less than six months and possess the following 
•qualifications: 

Paragraph 1. He must be a white male. 

Par. 2. He must be of good moral character. 

Par. 3. He must be not less than twenty-one, and not more than fifty 
years of age, except that a person more a than fifty years of age may become 
-eligible by dispensation. 

Par. 4. He must be a believer in a Supreme Being. 

Par. 5. He must be in good health and sound in body and mind, except 
that a maimed person may become eligible by dispensation. 

Par. 6. He must be able to read and write. 

Par. 7. He must not be engaged in either of the occupations known as 
•a professional gambler, saloon-keeper, bar-tender or retail dealer in spirit- 
uous liquors, wine, ale or beer (except as a bona ijde hotel-keeper or drug- 
-gist.) 

Par. 8 He must be a believer in the maintenance of order and the 
upholding of a constituted authority in the government in which he lives. 

Par. 9. He must not have been rejected by any Subordinate Lodge as 
an applicant for the Ranks of Knighthood within the six months preceding 
his application. 

20ft. IVlust apply to IvOdge >vl:iere He Resides. Any person 
eligible under the provisions of the preceding section may make applica- 
tion for the Ranks of Knighthood to any Subordinate Lodge within whose 
territorial jurisdiction he has his actual residence, provided that he shall 
have resided within this Domain for the preceding six months. 



Chapter VIII.] STATUTES. 61 

Paragraph 1. If a person desires to a^^ply to a Subordinate Lodge other- 
than the one in whose territorial jurisdiction in which he resides, but in this 
Domain, such application must be accompanied by the permission of a lodge 
within whose jurisdiction he has his residence. 

Par. 2. If a person not a resident in the State of Iowa desires to apply 
tea Subordinate Lodge in this Domain, then his application must be accom- 
panied by the permission of the Grand Chancellor of the Domain within 
which he resides. 

209. Form of Application. The application shall state the age, 
race, residence and occupation of the applicant, and shall aver that he is in 
all respecis eligible to the admission under the provisions of the Supreme 
law, and shall be in form as follows: 
To . Lodge No. . Knights of Pythias of Iowa: 

I respectfully apply for the Ranks of Knighthood and for membership in 
your Lodge, and in the Order of Knights of Pythias. I declare upon my 
honor that I am a white male; that I am of good moral character: that I was 

years of age on the day of last past: that I am a 

believer in a Supreme Being; that I am in good health and sound in mind 
and body; that I am able to read and write; that I am not engaged in either 
of the occupations known as professional gambler, saloon-keeper, bar- 
tender, or retail dealer in spirituous liquors, wine, ale or beer (except as a 
bona fide hotel-keeper or druggist); that I believe in the maintenance of 
order and the upholding of constituted authority in the government in 
which I live; that I have not been rejected as an applicant for the Ranks 
of Knighthood within the six months preceding the date of this applica- 
tion. 

I have been an actual and bona hde resident of this state continuously 
during the past six months. 

My occupation is ; place of business ; 

post-office address 

If this application be granted, I promise a full and faithful observance 
of all the laws that govern your Lodge and the Order. 

I have carefully read the law as printed on the back hereof. 

The fee of $ accompanies this application. 

Written and signed by my own hand, this day of . 189. . 

(Signed) ^ 

210. IVlust be Signed by Applicant and Endorsed by Two 
IVIembers. Such application should be signed in the applicant's own 
handwriting, and endorsed by two members of the lodge in good standing, 
who have attained the Rank of Knight, and must be accompanied by the 
prescribed fee. If the lodge so require, such application must be accom- 
panied by the certificate of a physician, approved by the lodge, as to the 
health of the applicant, in which the fee for medical examination shall be 
paid by the applicant in addition to the Rank fees. Except as provided for 
in this and the preceding sections of this chapter, no application for the 



62 GRAND [Title III, 

JRanks of Knighthood shall be received or considered by a lodge of the 
Order in this Domain. 

211. Received and Referred to Committee. Such applica- 
tion may be received at any stated Convention of the Lodge, and shall be 
referred to an Investigating Committee of three members who have 
attained the Rank of Knight, neither of whom shall have recommended 
the applicant. All other lodges in the county of this Domain in which the 
lodge to which application is made is situated, shall at once be notified that 
the application has been received, giving name, age, occupation and place 
of residence of the applicant and names of Committee of Investigation. 

212. IVIust Report at Second Convention. At the second 
stated convention thereafter, the application shall again be read, and , unless 
by a majoritv vote of the lodge further time be granted, the committee 
having investigated as to character and qualifications of the applicant, 
shall report at the convention. 

213. Ballot IVIust be Had AVhettier Favorable or Not. 
Upon the report of the investigating committee, whether favorable or oth- 
erwise, such application shall be balloted upon by secret ball ballot. Should 
all the ballots cast be white, the applicant shall be declared elected to 
receive all the Ranks of Knighthood ; but should two or more black balls 
appear, he shall be declared rejected. In case only one black ball appears 
upon the first ballot, the ballot must be renewed immediately, and if upon 
the second ballot all the ballots cast be white, the applicant shall be declared 
elected and entitled to receive all the ranks of knighthood ; but if one or 
more black balls appear upon the second ballot, the applicant shall be 
declared rejected. Cubes shall be deemed to be black balls within the 
meaning of this section. 

214t. IVlanner of Taking Ballot. Before the commencement of 
a secret ball ballot, the ballot box shall be presented by the Master at Arms 
to the Chancellor Commander and Vice-Chancellor for inspection, and such 
officers shall satisfy themselves that the inner depository of such ballot box 
is empty, after which the ballot box shall be placed upon the altar and the 
members deposit their ballots. Upon the completion of the ballot, the 
ballot box shall be presented to the Vice-Chancellor at his station, and the 
result of such ballot shall be announced by him to the Chancellor Com- 
mander. The ballot box shall then be presented to the Chancellor Com- 
mander, and if the ballot is found to be as announced by the Vice-Chancellor. 
the result thereof shall be declared to the lodge by the Chancellor Com- 
mander, as in this chapter hereinbefore provided. Should the Chancellor 
Commander and Vice-Chancellor disagree as to the result of the ballot, the 
"ballot box shall be presented to the Prelate at his station, and he shall 
inspect the same and announce to the Chancellor Commander the result of 
the ballot. The decision of the Prelate in such case shall be final, and the 
result as announced by the Prelate shall be declared by the Chancellor 



Chapter A^III.] STATUTES. 63 

Commander to the lodge. The number of black balls appearing upon any 
ballot shall in no case be declared by either of the officers to whom the 
ballot box may have been presented for inspection, as in this section here- 
inbefore provided. 

215. Written Objection IVIay be Filed. If. after the election 
of an applicant to receive the Ranks of Knighthood and before either of such 
ranks has been conferred upon him, two or more members of the lodge 
shall file with the Chancellor Commander written objections to his admis- 
sion, the Chancellor Commander, without disclosing the nam.es of the 
■objectors, shall announce such objections in open lodge, and such announce- 
ment shall be entered upon the records of the lodge, whereupon the initia- 
■tion of the candidate shall be stayed. Should the objections be withdrawn 
by the members filing them, within thirty days thereafter, then such with- 
drawal shall be entered upon the records of the lodge, and the stay of 
initiation shall be vacated, whereupon the candidate may receive the Ranks 
of Knighthood as if no objections had been filed. If the objections be not 
withdrawn they shall operate as black balls, and at the first meeting after 
the expiration of such thirty days the Chancellor Commander shall declare 
the applicant rejected. If similar objection to the advancement of a member 
who has not attained the rank as Esquire or Knight be filed, the Chancellor 
Commander shall make like announcement, which shall be entered upon 
the records of the lodge and the advancement of the member be stayed. 
If the objections be withdrawn by the members filing them, within thirty 
days thereafter, then such withdrawal shall be entered upon the records of 
the lodge, and the stay of advancement shall be vacated, whereupon the 
member shall receive the ranks of knighthood not already attained, as if 
no objection had been filed. If the objections be not so withdrawn, then 
after the expiration of such thirty days, a secret ball ballot shall be taken 
in the manner provided in sections 213-214 of this chapter, when, if the 
result be favorable, the member may be advanced as if no objections had 
been filed : but, if the result of such ballot be unfavorable, all fees paid by 
the member for ranks not already attained by him shall be at once returned, 
and his advancement shall be permanently stayed: provided, that after six 
months from the date of such permanent stay, the member, if in good 
standing in the lodge, may apply for advancement, accompanying his appli- 
cation with the amount of the fee then required by law. and such applica- 
tion shall be subject to investigation and ballot as provided in sections 
.213-214 of this chapter, when, if the result be favorable, the permanent 
stay shall be vacated and the member shall receive the Ranks of Knighthood 
not already attained as if no objections had been filed ; but if the ballot be 
.unfavorable, the Chancellor Commander shall declare the member rejected 
for advancement, and no other application for advancement shall be 
received from such member until the expiration of six months from the 
/date of such rejection. 



64 GRAND [Title III, 

216. Ballot Cannot be Reconsidered Except. No ballot 
upon an application for the Ranks of Knighthood shall at any time be recon- 
sidered or renewed, except as provided in Sections of this Chapter. 

21T. Fees Returned if Rejected. If an application for the 
Ranks of Knighthood be rejected, all fees received from the applicant for 
Ranks shall be at once returned to him, and notice of his rejection shall 
immediately be sent by the Keeper of Records and Seal to the Grand Keeper 
of Records and Seal, setting forth the name, age, occupation, and residence 
of such rejected applicant. 

21&. Jtpplication Cannot be AVithdrawn. No application 
shall be withdrawn, except by consent of the lodge, given by a vote of a 
majority of the members present, nor at all after the report of the Investi- 
gating Committee has been read to the lodge. No discussion of the result 
of a ballot or of the merits or demerits of a candidate shall be permitted 
at any time after such ballot, either in the lodge or out of it ; nor shall any 
member of the Order disclose, directly or indirectly, the report of the 
Investigating Committee or the character of any vote supposed to have 
been cast upon such ballot. 

219. Failure to attend for Six Conventions Forfeits 
Fees. Every applicant elected to membership failing to present himself 
for initiation within six stated conventions of the lodge, after being notified 
of his election ( unless prevented by sickness or some other unavoidable 
occurrence ), shall forfeit the amount paid by him to the lodge. 

220. Rank:s IVIay be Conferred by I^odges Upon Request* 
A subordinate lodge may confer the Ranks of Esquire and Knight, or either 
of them, upon a member of the Order who has attained the Rank of Page 
or Esquire in another lodge, upon the request of such other lodge under 
seal. The subordinate lodge which shall have conferred a Rank in accord- 
ance with this Section shall immediately notify the lodge which preferred 
the request therefor of the date upon which such Rank was conferred- 
Upon receipt of such notice, record thereof shall be made upon the books 
of the lodge receiving it. 

221. One >Veek: IVlust Elapse. One week must elapse between 
the conferring of any two Ranks upon the same person, except at the first 
four conventions of a new lodge, and except as otherwise permitted by dis- 
pensation. 

222. Rank Cannot be Conferred Until Fee is Paid. No 
Rank shall be conferred until the fee therefor has been paid, and no por- 
tion of such fee shall be returned, refunded or donated, directly or indi- 
rectly, except as provided for in this chapter. 

223. Xeam IVIay Confer. The Chancellor Commander, at his- 
pleasure, may call any Knight to the chair to assist in conferring any Rank 
of Knighthood ; or, by consent of the lodge, he may assign the work to a 
team organized or drilled for such work, a part or all of whom may be 
members of other lodges ; provided that the lodge shall remain under the- 



Chapter IX.] STATUTES. 65 

control of its Chancellor Commander or one of its officers leg-ally qualified 
to preside ; but the S. A. P. W. must be communicated only by the Chan- 
cellor Commander or in his absence by the Vice-Chancellor of the lodge. 

CHAPTER IX. 

RELATING TO AND THE REGULATION OF AND CONTROLING OF DUES 

AND ASSESSMENTS. 

224. Dues lYIust be Paid, Every member of the Order shall pay 
dues to his lodg-e, and different rates of dues may be required^ from mem- 
bers of the different Ranks of Knighthood; provided^ that in no case shall 
the dues charged to members of the Knight Rank be less than four dollars. 

225. Begin With F»age. Dues shall begin with the date of the 
initiation as Page, or of affiliation by card, and if the date of said initia- 
tion or affiliation be after the beginning of a quarter, the said Page or 
member by affiliation shall be charged for the unexpired portion of such 
quarter. 

226. AViien in. Arrears. A member shall be in arrears when his 
dues accrued at the end of the quarter ending on each of the last days of 
March, June, September and December in each year remain unpaid at mid- 
night of the last day of any of the said months. 

22T. n^ssessments IVIay be IVlade. Subordinate lodges may, 
subject to the Supreme Law, provide for the imposition of assessments for 
sick or funeral benefits or nurse hire, which assessments shall become due 
and payable upon the next succeeding date for the paj'^ment of dues, and 
their non-payment at such date shall thereupon render the member in 
arrears and subject to all the provisions of this Chapter; provided, that 
assessments imposed within one month preceding the end of a stated period 
for which dues are payable shall not become due and payable until the next 
succeeding date for payment of dues. 

228. IVIember in iHrrears to be Suspended. When a mem- 
ber shall have become in arrears for dues and assessments equal to the 
amount of one year's dues, the Master of Finance of his lodge shall forth- 
with notify him, by mail to his address as shown upon the books of the 
lodge, that he is so in arrears, and that if such arrearages are not paid 
within thirty days after date of such notice, he will be suspended from the 
lodge and from the Order. The Master of Finance shall receive any pay- 
ment which may be tendered to him in response to such notice, at any time 
prior to the action of the lodge thereon; provided, the amount so tendered 
shall at least equal three months dues. If at a convention of the lodge held 
after the expiration of the time specified in such notice the member so 
notified shall not have made payment of arrearages as hereinbefore pro- 
vided, the Master of Finance shall notify the lodge to that effect and that 
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66 GRAND [Title III, 

the notice required by this Section has been sent. The account of the 
member shall thereupon be read, when if objections be made to the account 
such objections shall be fully stated, and hearing had before the lodge. 
Immediately upon the reading of the account, or after the hearing thereon 
if objection be made thereto, the question whether or not the member is 
in arrears for an amount equal to one year's dues shall be submitted to vote 
of the lodge, and if the lodge shall vote that the member is so in arrears, 
the Chancellor Commander shall thereupon declare him suspended from 
the lodge and from the Order, and such suspension shall be entered upon 
the records of the lodge; but such declaration by the Chancellor Com- 
mander shall in no case be made unless the lodge shall previously deter- 
mine by formal vote that the member is in arrears for an. amount equal to 
one year's dues, which facts must be made of record upon the books of the 
lodge; provided that the member shall not be so declared suspended if at 
the time he be under charges. 

239. Status of Suspended IVIcmbcr. A member who shall be 
suspended under the provisions of this chapter shall be known as a sus- 
pended member, and shall have no claim upon the Order, nor upon any 
lodge thereof, nor upon any member of the Order, for any Pythian right, 
benefit or privilege whatsover, until after he shall have been reinstated as 
provided by law. He shall not be chargeable with dues or assessments 
during the period of his suspension. 

a30. IVlay be Xried for Offenses. If any such suspended mem- 
ber shall commit an offense against the Order, charges may be preferred 
against him, either in the lodge by which he was suspended, or in any 
lodge within whose territorial jurisdiction the offense was committed; 
whereupon the person so charged shall be summoned before the lodge, and 
trial shall be had in the manner provided by law for offenders who are mem- 
bers of the Order. If he shall be convicted of the offense charged, the trial 
lodge shall thereupon declare the offender expelled from the Order, and if 
such lodge be other than that by which he was suspended, notice of its 
action shall be at once given that lodge through the Keeper of Records and 
Seal. 

CHAPTER X. 

RELATING TO AND DEFINING GOOD STANDING IN SUBORDINATE LODGES. 

231. Good Standing Defined. A Page, Esquire or Knight shall 
be considered to be in good standing in the Subordinate Lodge of which he 
is a member: 

Paragraph 1. If he is not under suspension from membership for the 
non-payment of the arrearages or for other causes. 

Par. 2. If he is not under trial in a Subordinate Lodge for the violation 
of Pythian laws or other offenses punishable by suspension or expulsion 
from membership. 



Chapter XI.] STATUTES. 67 

Par. 3. If he is not subject to charges duly made and filed, as provided 
by law. 

Par. 4. If he has not renounced the Order. 

CHAPTER XL 

RELATING TO THE ISSUE AND THE REGULATION OF THE USE OF CARDS 
FOR THE TRANSFER OF LODGE MEMBERSHIP, 

2,32. application for Xransfcr Card. Any member in good 
standing in a Subordinate Lodge, who may desire to change his member- 
ship to another lodge, may make application in writing over his own signa- 
ture for a Transfer Card. Such application shall state the name, number 
and location of the lodge to which such member desires to transfer his 
membership, and shall be accompanied by the fee fixed by law for a Trans- 
fer Card and the amount of his dues and assessinents accrued, and dues in 
advance for ninety days from the date of the presentation of such applica- 
tions to the lodge. 

233. Xo be Read and Ordered by Chancellor Com= 
mander. An application for a Transfer Card shall be read in open lodge, 
and a record of such fact made upon the minutes of the lodge, and the 
further consideration of the matter shall be postponed until the next regu- 
lar convention of the lodge, at which time, if no charges are pending 
against the applicant, and he be in good standing in the lodge, the Chan- 
cellor Commander shall order the Transfer Card to be issued without any 
vote of the lodge. When the issue of such card has been ordered by the 
Chancellor Commander, the Keeper of Records and Seal shall forthvrith 
prepare the same and cause it to be duly signed by the Chancellor Com- 
mander and attested by himself, and shall deliver it to the member request- 
ing it, either in person or by mail to his address as it appears on the books 
of the lodge. 

234. IVIust be Addressed to Lodge to which He Desires 
to Change. The Transfer Card shall be addressed to the lodge which 
the applicant has designated in his application, shall certify to the Rank of 
Knighthood which he may have attained, and to his good standing in the 
lodge of issue, and shall recite the holder's desire to become affiliated with 
the lodge to which it is addressed. 

235. Holder IVIay ripply for IVIembership. The holder of a 
Transfer Card may apply, subject to the provisions of Title III., Chapter 
viii., Sections 207-209, Grand Statutes, for membership to the lodge to 
which such Transfer Card is addressed, and shall attach such Transfer 
Card to his application and accompany the same with the affiliation fee pre- 
scribed by law: provided, that, under the provisions of said Chapter viii., 
the permission of the lodge of issue to make such application is required, 
then such Transfer Card shall be deemed and taken as such permission. 



68 GRAND [Title III, 

Z36. S:pplicant Subject to Investigation and Ballot. Any 

application for membership by deposit of Transfer Card shall be subject 
to the investigation and ballot provided in Title III., Chapter viii.. Sections 
211 to 214, Grand Statutes. If the applicant be elected, his membership in 
the lodge of issue of such Transfer Card shall thereupon cease and deter- 
mine, and his membership in the lodge to which his application is made 
shall begin. The Keeper of Records and Seal of the lodge of deposit shall 
at once address and forward by mail the coupon notice of such election to 
the lodge issuing the Transfer Card. Upon receipt of such notice by the 
lodge of issue, it shall be read in open lodge and record thereof shall be 
made by the Keeper of Records and Seal and Master of Finance upon the 
books of the lodge. If the application be rejected, the Transfer Card shall 
be filed in the lodge to which it is addressed, and no similar application by 
that applicant shall be considered by that lodge for ninety days from the 
date of the Transfer Card. 

a3T. Rights of Holder. The rights of the holder of a Transfer 
Card as an officer in the lodge of issue, or as Grand Representative from 
swch lodge, shall not be impaired by reason of the issue or deposit of such 
Transfer Card until his election to membership in the lodge to which it is 
addressed, but thereupon any such right shall finally cease and determine. 
If the lodge of deposit of a Transfer Card be within this Domain, the rights 
of the holder thereof as an officer in the Grand Lodge, or as Supreme Rep- 
resentative from the Grand Lodge shall not be affected or impaired by the 
issue or deposit of such Transfer Card; but if the lodge of deposit of a 
Transfer Card be not within this Domain, then all such rights of the holder 
of such Transfer Cards shall cease and determine upon his election to mem- 
bership in the lodge of deposit. 

Z3S. Fee to be Fixed by Lodge. A Subordinate Lodge may 
establish the fee to accompany an application for affiliation by the deposit 
of a transfer card and for the issue of such cards ; provided, that the fee for 
issuance of such card shall not be less than one dollar. 

CHAPTER XII. 

RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF AND THE ISSUE AND USE OF WITH- 
DRAWAL CARDS, GRAND LODGE CARDS AND SUPREME LODGE CARDS. 

239. Withdrawal Card and Fee. Any member of the Order 
who is not indebted to his lodge, and is not under charges, may apply to his 
lodge in writing over his own signature for a withdrawal card. The fee to 
accompany such application shall be one dollar. 

240. application for. Such application shall be read in open 
lodge, whereupon the Chancellor Commander shall inquire whether objec- 
tion exists to the issue of such card, and if no objection be made, he shall, 
except as provided in Section 247 of this Statute, at once order its issuance, 
without formal vote of the lodge thereon. If objection be made, the Chan- 
cellor Commander shall at once require the objection to be formulated in 



Chapter XII.] STATUTES. 69 

writing, as charges against the applicant for the card, which charges shall 
take the course provided by law, unless the application be withdrawn: and 
if upon final hearing the defendant be convicted, the application shall be 
denied and no further application from him for such card shall be received 
or considered until the penalty following such conviction shall have been 
fully discharged. If the applicant be acquitted, the Chancellor Com- 
mander shall, except as provided in Section 247 of this Statute, thereupon 
order that the card be issued, unless the applicant shall have withdrawn, in 
writing, his request therefor. In any case where the Chancellor Commander 
shall order the issue of a withdrawal card, he shall endorse his order upon 
the application for the card, with the date thereof, and the card shall be at 
once prepared and attested by the Keeper of Records and Seal and signed 
by the Chancellor Commander, and delivered immediately to the applicant 
therefor, either in person or by mail to his address as shown on the books 
of the lodge. 

2-41. :HLpplication for by IVIembcr of Defunct Lodge. A 
member of a Subordinate Lodge which shall have become defunct, may 
make application for a Grand Lodge card to the Grand Chancellor of the 
Grand Lodge, accompanying his application with satisfactory proof of his 
good standing in his Subordinate Lodge when the same became defunct, 
together with the fee of one dollar ; whereupon the Grand Chancellor shall 
endorse his order upon the application, directing the Grand Keeper of 
Records and Seal to issue to the applicant a Grand Lodge card. 

242. Grand Lodge Card Issued to IVIember of Defunct 
Lodge. A member of a Subordinate Lodge which shall have become 
defunct, who is under suspension for non-payment of dues, may make appli- 
cation for a Grand Lodge card to the Grand Chancellor, accompanying his 
application with the fee of one dollar for the card and the amount of one 
year's dues, as required by his lodge at the date of his suspension: where- 
upon the Grand Chancellor shall endorse his order upon the application, 
and shall cause a Grand Lodge card to be issued and delivered to the appli- 
cant, as provided in the preceding section. 

243. IVIember Holding Witbdra-wal or Grand Lodge Card 
Shall be Known as an ex=lVIcmber. Upon the order of the Chan- 
cellor Commander for the issue of a withdrawal card, or of the Grand 
Chancellor for the issue of a Grand Lodge card, the applicant therefor shall 
be known as an ex-member of the Order, and the membership of such appli- 
cant in his lodge and in the Order shall cease and determine, except as 
hereinafter provided, and any official position held by him shall thereupon 
become vacant ; but honors previously attained by him shall be retained. 
He shall have no claim upon the Order or upon any lodge thereof for any 
Pythian privilege or benefit whatsoever. 

244. Ex=IVIember Liable for Offenses. If an ex-member, 
as defined in the preceding Section, shall commit an ottense against the 
Order which, if committed by a member of the Order, would subject the 



70 GRAND [Title III, 

offender to the penalties prescribed for such offenses, then, and in that 
case, such ex-member may be proceeded against as if he were a member of 
the Order, and upon conviction of the offense as charged, the withdrawal 
Card held by such ex-member shall stand revoked and annulled, and the 
holder of such card shall thereupon be perpetually prohibited from gaining 
membership in any lodge of the Order. 

2^S. Holders of AVithdrawal Card IMay flLppIy for lVIcm= 
bership. Should the holder of a withdrawal card, a Grand Lodge Card 
or Supreme Lodge Card desire at any time to become affiliated with any 
Subordinate Lodge, he must make application to such lodge in the manner 
provided in Title III., Chapter vii.. Grand Statutes, and attach his card to 
such application. All the provisions of said Statute shall apply to such 
application, except that in case of rejection the card shall be returned to 
the applicant, and except, also, that in such case the application may be 
renewed to the same or ( subject to the provisions of said Chapter ) to a dif- 
ferent Subordinate Lodge, after one month from the date of such rejection. 
If the applicant be elected, it shall be the duty of the Keeper of Records 
and Seal of such lodge at once to notify the lodge of issue thereof, and the 
membership of the applicant shall date from such election. 

246. Duplicate of I^ost Card IVIay be Issued. Should any 
card be lost or destroyed, the holder thereof may apply in writing to the 
source of issue for a duplicate, which, upon satisfactory proof of such loss 
and upon payment of one dollar, shall at once be issued and delivered to 
him. If a card has been mutilated or defaced, the holder may surrender 
such card to the source of issue, and upon his request and payment of one 
dollar, a duplicate shall be issued and delivered to him. There shall be 
written or printed in red ink, across the face of any card issued under the 
provisions of this Section, the word " Duplicate." 

2^7. Cards Not to be Issued to Officers Under Charges. 
No Subordinate Lodge shall issue a card to a Past Chancellor, a Past Grand 
Chancellor or a Past Supreme Chancellor who may be under charges in his 
Grand Lodge or the Supreme Lodge ; and should such card be so issued, 
it shall not be pleaded in bar of the proceeding under the charges, nor of 
the findings upon the same. 

a-5t8. IVIay be Revoked, Annulled, Etc. The cards provided for 

in this statute, and withdrawal cards heretofore issued, may be revoked, 

annulled or deposited, as in this Chapter hereinbefore provided for the 

revocation, annullment or deposit of withdrawal cards, Grand Lodge cards 

or Supreme Lodge cards ; and, until so revoked, annulled or deposited, they 

shall be valid. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

RELATING TO^THE REINSTATEMENT OF MEMBERS SUSPENDED FOR NON- 
PAYMENT OF ARREARAGES. 
249. lVIayS:pply for Reinstatement Upon Payment of 
Dues of Not I^ess Than One Year. A former member of the Order, 



Chapter XIV.] STATUTES. 71 

who has been suspended from membership in his Subordinate Lodge and 
in the Order, for the non-payment of arrearages, who desires to be restored 
to such membership, may make application therefor to the Subordinate 
lodge by which he was so suspended. Such application shall be accom- 
panied by the amount of his indebtedness to the lodge at the time of his 
suspension, for such sum as the by-laws of such lodge may prescribe for 
reinstatement, which amount shall be not less than one year's dues. 

250. Request be Referred to Committee. Such application 
shall be read in open lodge, at a stated convention thereof, and referred to 
an investigating committee of three, as in the case of an application for the 
Ranks of Knighthood, and no further action shall be taken on such appli- 
cation by the lodge for one week, and until the report of the investigating 
committee shall have been made to the lodge. 

251. Ballot by Balls — Two=ttiirds to Elect. Upon the report 
of the investigating committee and subject to the restrictions of the pre- 
ceding section, such application shall be balloted upon by secret ball ballot 
as in the case of an application for the Ranks of Knighthood, except that, 
if two-thirds of all the balls deposited upon such ballot be white, the appli- 
cant shall be declared reinstated; but should more than one-third of the 
balls be black, the ballot shall be renewed immediately. Should two- 
thirds or more of the balls deposited on the second ballot be white, the 
applicant shall be declared reinstated; but should more than one-third of 
the balls be black, the ai)plicant for reinstatement shall be declared 
rejected, and no further application for the reinstatement of the applicant 
so rejected shall be received by the lodge for the period of six months after 
the date of such rejection. Cubes shall be deemed to be black balls within 
the meaning of this section. 

252. Not Chargeable V^ith Dues or Assessments. A 
member of the Order, who has been reinstated to membership as herein- 
before provided, shall not be chargeable with any dues accrued during the 
period of his suspension, nor with any assessment imposed during such 
period. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

RELATING TO AND DEFINING THE STATUS OF MEMBERS UNDER SUS- 
PENSION FOR ANY CAUSE OTHER THAN NON-PAYMENT 
OF ARREARAGES, THE CONTROL THAT MAY BE 
EXERCISED OVER THEM AND THE METH- 
ODS BY WHICH THEY MAY RE- 
GAIN MEMBERSHIP, 
ZS3. Penalty With Xerm Fixed by Lodge or at Its 
Pleasure. The penalty of suspension from the Order for offenses against 
it may be either: 

Paragraph 1. For a term fixed by the lodge at the time of suspension, 
which shall be known as "definite suspension,'' or 



72 GRAND [Title III, 

Par. 2. At the pleasure of the lodge, which shall be known as "indef- 
inite suspension." 

2S4fc. Not Chargeable A?sritn Dues or Assessments and 
Has no Claim Upon the Order. A person who may be under sus- 
pension, either definite or indefinite, shall have no claim upon the Order, 
nor upon any lodge or member thereof, nor any Pythian Knight, privilege 
or benefit whatsoever, until after his suspension shall have been terminated 
as provided by law. He shall not be chargeable with dues or assessments 
during the period of his suspension. 

255. Charges IVIay be Preferred in "PLwy Lodge. If any 
such suspended member shall commit an offense against the Order, charges 
may be preferred against him, either in the lodge by which he was sus- 
pended, or in any lodge within whose territorial jurisdiction the offense 
was committed; whereupon the person so charged shall be summoned 
before such lodge, and trial shall be had in the manner provided by law 
for offenders who are members of the Order. If he shall be convicted of the 
offense charged, the trial lodge shall thereupon declare the offender 
expelled from the Order; and if such lodge be other than that by which he 
was suspended, notice of its action shall be at once given to that lodge 
through its Keeper of Records and Seal. 

256. at Expiration of Period of Suspension IVIemberis in 
Full Standing. A person under 'definite" suspension shall, at the expir- 
ation of the term of such suspension, become and be reinstated to the stand- 
ing held by him at the date of his suspension, without formal vote or action 
of the lodge, and shall thereupon be subject to all the obligations and enti- 
tled to all the rights pertaining to such standing. 

25T. IVIay Supply for Reinstatement Before Expiration. 
If a person who is under suspension, either " definite" or "indefinite," 
shall desire reinstatement prior to the expiration of such suspension, he may 
petition the Grand Chancellor of this Grand Domain for permission to apply 
to such lodge for reinstatement. He shall accompany such petition with a 
full statement of the facts upon which he relies to justify his application, 
and by proof that he has notified the lodge of his intention to make such 
petition. If such petition be granted by the Grand Chancellor, the peti- 
tioner may thereupon make application to the lodge by which he was sus- 
pended for immediate reinstatement, and such lodge may, after hearing, 
grant the application for reinstatement, or may reduce the term of sus- 
pension; provided, that at least one week's notice has been given to every 
member of such lodge of the meeting at which action thereon will be taken, 
and provided also, that not less than two-thirds of the members present at 
such meeting, and entitled to vote, shall vote in favor thereof. 

2S8. IVIay ^pply if I^odge is Defunct to any Lodge in 
>?Vhose Jurisdiction He Lives. When a lodge by whose action a 
person is under "indefinite" suspension, or under " definite " suspension, 
the term of which has not expired, has become defunct, and such person 



Chapter XV.] STATUTES. 73 

desires reinstatement in the Order, he may petition the Grand Chancellor 
for permission to apply to any Subordinate Lodge within whose territorial 
jurisdiction he resides, for reinstatement to membership in the Order; 
whereupon said Grand Chancellor shall make such investigation as he 
may deem advisable and necessary as to the propriety of granting the jjeti- 
tion, and shall submit the petition, together with the results of his inves- 
tigation, to the Grand Lodge at its next convention. Should the Grand 
Lodge grant the petition the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal shall give 
the petitioner official printed or written notice thereof, in manner and form 
as follows: 

Grand Lodge of Iowa, K. of P. 

, 18-., P.P.. 

To __., formerly a member of 

Lodge No ( defunct) , of this Grand Domain : 

Whereas, on or about the day of , 18.., after due 

trial, you were, for cause, duly suspended for : and 

whereas, after such suspension, and before its termination, said lodge 
became defunct, and so remains; and whereas, you have, in accordance 
with the forms of law, filed with the Grand Chancellor of this Grand Lodge 
a petition for permission to apply for reinstatement to membership in the 
Order; and whereas, after due hearing, this Grand Lodge has granted the 
prayer of said petition. 

Now, therefore, this notice thereof is issued to you, the said , 

and shall have the same force as, and may be used in lieu of a Withdrawal 
Card: 

In witness thereof, I have hereto affixed my official signature and the seal 
of the Grand Lodge, the day and year first above written. 



SEAIi OF 
GRAND 
LODGE. 



Attest: Grand Chancellor. 

, 

Grand Keeper of Records and Seal. 

CHAPTER XV. 

RELATING TO FUNERAL BENEFITS. 

239. l^odgc IVIust F»ay Twenty Dollars. Each Subordinate 
Lodge in this Domain shall pay a funeral benefit of not less than twenty 
dollars, upon the death of a member thereof, of any rank, who was in good 
standing at the time of his death, said payment to be made as provided in 
the By-Laws of the lodge. 

260. W^lien I^arger Sum is Provided for, Lodge May Con- 
trol F*ayment. A Subordinate Lodge which provides for the payment 
of a larger sum than twenty dollars as a funeral benefit may prescribe the 
person or persons to whom the amount in excess of that sum shall be paid, 
or it may provide that the amount in excess thereof shall be expended under 
the direction of the lodge toward defraying the funeral expenses of the 



74 GRAND [Title III, 

deceased member. To be entitled to the privileges conferred by this sec- 
tion, a Subordinate Lodge must take advantage thereof by the adoption of 
such provision in its By-Laws as will secure them. 

261. IvOdgc Sole Judge of How Excess Shall be :?tpplied. 
When a Subordinate Lodge provides in its By-Laws that the amount of the 
funeral benefit in excess of twenty dollars shall be ap]3lied toward the pay- 
ment of funeral expenses, it shall be sole judge as to what portions of said 
excess shall be expended for that purpose, and the rights of a party entitled 
under the By-Laws of a lodge to the twenty-dollar funeral benefit shall be 
held to have been satisfied whenever such twenty dollars have been paid to 
such party. 

262. Suicide of IVIember Does Not Release Lodge. The 
suicide of a member shall not release the Subordinate Lodge from payment 
of funeral benefits. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

RELATING TO WEEKLY BENEFITS AND RELIEF COMMITTEE. 

263. IVIay I*rovide for Weekly Benefits. Each Subordinate 
Lodge may provide for the payment of v^^eekly benefits in case of sickness 
or disability. 

264. Relief Committee IVIust be 25^ppointed. Immediately 
upon his installation the Chancellor Commander shall appoint a Relief Com- 
mittee of three, who shall hold their positions during the term in which 
they are appointed. 

265. Duties to be Prescribed in tbe By=Ivaws. The Relief 
Committee shall perform such duties as may be prescribed in the By-Laws 
of the Subordinate Lodge. 

CHAPTER XVII. 

RELATING TO ARREARS. 

266. IVIembers in K^rrears Cannot Vote. Every member in 
arrears to the lodge shall not be entitled to vote, and shall stand suspended 
from all benefits, advantages, or care of the lodge. 

267. IVIember Under Charges^W^ben Acquitted is Entitled 
to Benefits as of Date of Charges. When, after due trial, a mem- 
ber has been acquitted, all rights to benefits, possessed by him, are revived 
as of the time charges were preferred, if otherwise entitled thereto. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

RELATING TO THE SELECTION OF A PRESIDING OEFICER OTHER THAN 
THE CHANCELLOR COMMANDER OR VICE-CHANCELLOR. 

268. :2tbsence or Failure of C. C. or V. C. to Preside, l^odge 
Sball Elect. The Chancellor Commander is the executive officer of a 
Subordinate Lodge, and in addition to his duties as such it shall be his duty 



Chapter XXI.] STATUTES. 75 

to preside at all the conventions of his lodge. In the event of his absence 
at the time fixed by law for calling- a convention to order, or in case he is 
present at that time and fails or refuses to call the lodge to order within 
fifteen minutes of the time fixed by law for opening the lodge, and a quorum 
is present, the Vice-Chancellor shall take the chair and perform, for the 
time being, the duties of Chancellor Commander. If both of these officers 
are absent, or are present and neglect or refuse to preside, the members 
present shall proceed to select, by vote, some one from among themselves 
to preside, voting first upon the Past Chancellors, and in case of failure to 
secure a presiding officer from among them, then upon those who have 
received the Rank of Knight. The person so selected to preside shall have, 
while in the chair, the same power to conduct the business of the lodge, 
and to preside while the Ranks are being conferred, that is devolved by 
law upon a Chancellor Commander. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

RELATING TO VOTING IN A SUBORDINATE LODGE. 

269. IVIajority of Votes Decides ^11 Questions Kxcept 
appropriations. A majority of all the valid votes cast shall decide all 
elections or motions not otherwise iDrovided for, but questions that involve 
an appropriation or expenditure of money shall require the concurrence of 
two-thirds of the valid votes cast. 

2TO. Kacti IVlember Shall Vote. Each member shall, if present, 
vote upon all questions and at all elections of members and officers unless 
excused by the lodge. 

CHAPTER XX. 

RELATING TO THE RESORT TO CIVIL COURTS BY MEMBERS. 

2T1. IVIembers must Exhaust Remedy in the Order Before 
:H.pplying to the Court. Members of the Order shall not resort to the 
civil courts of the land for establishing rights and redressing grievances 
growing out of membership in the Order, until they shall have exhausted 
their remedies in the Tribunals of the Order. 

CHAPTER XXI. 

RELATING TO WARRANTS AND CHARTERS FOR SUBORDINATE LODGES. 

272. Fifteen or more IVIay F»etition for "Warrant. When- 
ever fifteen or more persons, eligible under the supreme law to receive the 
Rank of Knighthood, shall desire to establish a Subordinate Lodge of the 
Order within this Domain, they may petition the Grand Chancellor for a 
warrant. Such petition shall be signed by each petitioner in his own hand- 
writing, giving the age, residence and occupation of each, and shall be in 
the form prescribed by the Supreme Lodge. 

273, Petition IVIust be Forwarded to G. C, >Vho IVIay 
Direct Warrant to Issue, The petition described in the foregoing 



76 GRAND [Title III, 

Section shall be forwarded to the Grand Chancellor. In case any of the 
petitioners are holders of Withdrawal Cards, then such cards shall 
accompany such petition. If the Grand Chancellor, after due investiga- 
tion, shall determine to grant such petition, he shall cause a warrant for 
the institution of such Subordinate Lodge to be at once prepared by the 
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, and shall issue the same. 

2T4r. I^odgc Cannot beKnownby Name of Living F*crson. 
No warrant or charter shall be granted to a Subordinate Lodge to be 
known by a name or title which is the name or title of a living person. 

2TS. Charters May be Issued. Charters shall be issued by the 
Grand Lodge to Subordinate Lodges which have been in existence as war- 
ranted lodges previous to the annual convention and made one return, 
which must evidence that they are prosperous, solvent, and with fair pros- 
pects of being successful, and have fully conformed to the laws of this 
Grand Lodge and the usages of the Order. 

2T€>. Upon Recommendation of Grand Chancellor, 
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal and Chairman of Com- 
mittee on Credentials. Charters shall be issued upon the recom- 
mendation of the Grand Chancellor, the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal 
and the Chairman of Committee on Credentials, when the application and 
recommendation are fully approved by the Comnaittee on Warrants and 
Charters. 

2TT. Lodge IVIust ^pply for Charter. Not more than one 
convention of the Grand Lodge shall pass before a warranted lodge shall 
apply for a charter, or show satisfactory cause why it does not apply. 

27S. Issue of Charter Vacates ^Warrant. The issue of a 
charter, as provided in the preceding section, shall vacate the warrant 
under which such Subordinate Lodge was instituted, and such warrant 
shall be at once returned to and deposited with the Grand Keeper of 
Records and Seal of the Grand Lodge, and no act done under such warrant 
after the issue of a charter in lieu thereof shall be valid and legal. 

279. Duplicate Issued in Case of Loss. Should the warrant 
or charter ^f a Subordinate Lodge be lost or destroyed, the Grand Chan- 
cellor may issue a warrant to serve in lieu of such warrant or charter until 
the next convention of the Grand Lodge, when upon a petition of such Sub- 
ordinate Lodge, and at the pleasure of the Grand Lodge, a duplicate war- 
rant or charter may be issued. 

2&0. IVlust be Displayed While in Session. No meeting 
of a Subordinate Lodge shall be legal unless its warrant or charter be dis- 
played in the lodge room w^henever in session. 

281. Cannot be Surrendered >Vhile Seven Vote Against 
It. No Subordinate Lodge shall surrender its warrant or charter so long 
as seven members shall vote against such surrender, nor unless two weeks' 
notice, in writing, of the convention at which the proposed surrender is to 
be acted upon shall have been given to every member of the lodge. 



Chapter XXI.] STATUTES. 77 

282. If Suspended or Dissolved I^ast Officer to Deliver 
Property. When a lodge is suspended or dissolved, or its warrant or 
charter arrested, it shall be the duty of the last Chancellor Commander or 
of its senior officer, to deliver to the Grand Chancellor or his deputy, the 
warrant or charter, its books, jewels, funds, emblems, regalia, and all other 
property and effects. 

ZS3. IVIay be Suspended for Disloyalty, Etc. The war- 
rant or charter of a Subordinate Lodge which shall be guilty of conduct 
disloyal or discreditable to the Order, or which shall neglect or refuse to 
conform to, observe or enforce the Supreme or Grand law, or any mandate 
of the Supreme or Grand Tribunal, or of the Supreme Chancellor, or of any 
law of the Grand Lodge, or any mandate of the Grand Chancellor thereof, 
or either of them, may be suspended. 

284. Entitled to Trial Before Suspension. Before the war- 
rant or charter of a Subordinate Lodge is suspended, except in cases other- 
wise provided for, the lodge shall be entitled to a trial on the cause or 
causes alleged for such suspension, and the trial of such causes shall be 
before the Grand Tribunal, and the notices and processes of trial in the 
cause or causes shall be subject to the rules of procedure adopted by the 
Grand Tribunal. The Grand Tribunal shall, after due hea'^ing of the cause, 
return a verdict, award the penalty, if any, and make the necessary order 
or orders in the cause. In all such causes the verdict, penalty or orders of 
the Grand Tribunal shall be certified to the Grand Chancellor and parties 
in interest, and in case the said verdict, penalty or order shall require the 
punishment of a lodge, or the suspension of its warrant or charter, the 
Grand Chancellor shall immediately enforce the requirements of the orders 
and decree of said Grand Tribunal in the cause. No such warrant or char- 
ter shall be revoked except by a formal vote of the Grand Lodge. 

285. Suspended, IVIay be Restored by Grand I^odge. The 
warrant or charter of a Subordinate Lodge which has been surrendered or 
suspended in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, may be 
restored to the members thereof who petitioned for such restoration at the 
pleasure of the Grand Lodge or of the Grand Chancellor, and in such case 
the members thereof and all persons holding unrevoke'd withdrawal Cards 
from, or under suspension by, such Subordinate Lodge shall hold the same 
relation to the reinstated lodge as they held thereto at the date of the sur- 
render or suspension of its warrant or charter. 

286. Revoked IVIay be Restored. A warrant or charter which 
has been revoked under the provisions of this chapter may be restored by 
the Grand Lodge to such of the members thereof as petition therefor. 
Such Lodge, so reorganized, shall have jurisdiction or control only over the 
person to whom such warrant or charter may have been restored, except 
as others may subsequently become members thereof in the manner pro- 
vided by law. 



78 GRAND [Title III, 

28T. "When Suspended, F*ropcrty Reverts to Grand I^odge. 

When a lodg-e is suspended, or its warrant or charter arrested, the warrant 
or charter, its books, jewels, funds, and all other property and effects at 
once revert to the Grand Lodge, and it shall be the duty of the Chancellor 
Commander, the Trustees, or other officer or officers of such lodge in cus- 
tody thereof, to deliver to the Grand Chancellor or his Deputy, the warrant 
or charter of said lodge and said other property and effects, together with 
all papers and writings relative to or affecting the title thereof. 

ZS&. Property Restored ^When Reinstated. All funds, prop- 
erty or effects received by the Grand Lodge or Grand Chancellor from a 
dissolved or susiDended Lodge shall be restored thereto in the event of its 
being reinstated within two years. 

269. If Not Reinstated in Xwo Years Title Becomes 

Absolute in Grand IvOdge, ' In case a lodge shall not be reinstated 

within two years after its dissolution or suspension, all property and effects 

so received from such lodge shall become the absolute property of the Grand 

Lodge ; provided, that any legitimate claims there may have been against 

said lodge at the time of dissolution or suspension, for borrowed money, 

paraphernalia, or rent of castle hall, or on account of any necessary running 

expense, shall be paid by the Grand Lodge out of the money or property 

received from said lodge, if sufficient money or property shall have been 

so received. And if the Grand Lodge shall not have so received sufficient 

money or property, then all the money or property so received by the Grand 

Lodge from said lodge shall be applied to the payment of said claims against 

said lodge, pro rata. 

CHAPTER XXII. 

RELATING TO FEES FOR MEMBERSHIP. 

290. Shall Not be I^ess Than Fifteen Dollars. The fees for 
the Ranks of Knighthood shall be as fixed by the By-Laws of each Subor- 
dinate Lodge, but except in the case of new lodges, shall not be less than 
fifteen dollars. Not less than one-third of the total amount of the fee pre- 
scribed for the Rank of Knighthood must be paid into the exchequer of an 
existing lodge before an applicant for membership therein by initiation can 
be legally elected to receive the Rank of Knighthood. 

291. Fees IVIust be IPaid in 25dvahce. Fees for each Rank, 
for affiliation by card, and for reinstatement, must be paid in advance. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

RELATING TO THE DISPOSAL OF FUNDS OF A SUBORDINATE LODGE. 

292. Fees and Dues a Trust Fund. The receipts from fees 
and dues and the increment thereof shall constitute a trust fund for carry- 
ing out the fraternal and beneficial features of the Order, and shall not be 
expended for any other than those purposes, and the payment of the neces- 
sary expenses of the lodge. This fund shall not be subject to partition 



Chapter XXV.] STATUTES. 79 

among the members of the lodge; and in case a lodge shall from any cause 
cease to exist, said funds shall revert to the Grand Lodge. 

293. Special Fund Subordinate Lodges may by By-Law establish 
a fund, separate from the General Fund, to be known and designated as a 
Special Fund. 

29-4. Xo be Used. For Entertainment. Such special fund 
may be used for the purpose of providing entertainments or any other pur- 
pose that would reflect credit upon the Order. 

295. Shall Consist of Donations and Proceeds of Fines 
and assessments. Such funds shall consist of such donations as may 
be made to it, and the profits of any entertainment given thereby, and of 
money derived from fines and assessments. 

296. >?VItien Discontinued Funds Carried to General 
Fund. Any lodge may discontinue such special fund or transfer the 
whole or any part thereof to the general fund. In the event of such dis- 
continuation the proceeds of fines and assessments shall be carried to the 
general fund. 

^ CHAPTER XXIV. 

RELATING TO RITUALS. 

29T. In Custody of Chancellor Commander Under I^ock:, 
Etc. The Rituals for Subordinate Lodges, which under the provisions of 
Supreme law, may be received by any Subordinate Lodge, shall be in the 
custody and control of the Chancellor Commander of such Subordinate 
Lodge, except when they may be in actual use during a convention thereof. 
When not in use they shall be kept by him securely locked in a box or 
other receptacle prepared therefor. At the installation of officers for a new 
term the outgoing Chancellor Commander shall deliver the Rituals in his 
custody to the installing officer, and they shall be delivered by such instal- 
ling officer to the incoming Chancellor Commander upon his receipt there- 
for. 

298. Shall Not be I^oaned or Xaken From Room. No 
Chancellor Commander shall loan any Subordinate Lodge Rituals, which 
may be in his custody, to any officer or member of the Order whomsoever, 
nor permit such Riiuals to be l^taken from the lodge room, but he may 
permit such Rituals to be used within the lodge room by any officer or 
member who has attained the Rank of Knight who may desire to familiarize 
himself therewith, upon pledge of his Knightly honor that such Rituals 
shall not be taken from the lodge room. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

RELATING TO RULES OF ORDER FOR SUBORDINATE LODGES- 

299 Guide. Robert's Rules of Order shall be the guide for Sub- 
ordinate Lodges in all cases not hereinafter provided. 



80 GRAND [Title III, 

300. IVIembers to Invest with Jewels. When the Chancellor 
Commander takes the chair, the officers and members shall be invested 
with proper jewels and take their seats. 

301. Order and Exceptions. The business shall be proceeded 
with as prescribed in the "Order of Business," except in case of official 
visitations from the Supreme or Grand Lodge officers, when all business 
except when a Rank is being conferred, shall immediately be laid aside, 
until the object of the visit is accomplished. 

302. I'unistiment for IVIisbetiavior. Any member who shall 
misbehave in the conventions of the lodge, disturb the order of harmony 
thereof by using abusive, disorderly, or profane language, or refuse obe- 
dience to the rules, shall be admonished for his offense, and if he offend 
again, shall be excluded from the room for the evening and afterward 
dealt with as the laws prescribe. 

303. Duties of C. C— appeals. The Chancellor Commander 
shall preserve order and announce the decisions of the lodge on all subjects; 
he shall decide all questions of order without debate, subject to an appeal 
to the lodge by any member, when the question before the lodge shall 
be, " Shall the decision of the chair stand as the judgment of the lodge ? " 

304. Form of IVIotion Before putting the question the presiding 
officer shall ask, " Is the lodge ready for the question ?" If no member 
rises to speak, and a majority of the lodge is ready for the question, he 
shall rise and put it : and after he shall have put it, members shall not 
be permitted to speak. 

305. If X>vo or IVIore Rise. If two or more members rise to speak 
at the same time, the presiding officer shall decide which is entitled to the 
floor. 

306. IVlember must Confine Himself to Question. Each 
member speaking shall rise and respectfully address the presiding officer, 
confine himself to the question under debate, and avoid all personalities. 

30T. Interruption not Permitted. A member shall not be inter- 
rupted while speaking, except by a call to order. 

308. If Called to Order IVIust be Seated. If a member, while 
speaking, be called to order, he shall take his seat until the question of 
order is determined, when, if permitted, he may then proceed. 

309. IVIust Not Speak IVIore than Once. A member shall not 
speak more than once on the same question, until all who wish to speak 
shall have had an opportunity, nor more than twice without permission 
of the presiding officer ; and every member speaking shall designate 
the officer or member spoken by his proper Rank or title. 

310. Precedence of IVIotions. When a question is before the 
lodge, no motion shall be in order, except it be to proceed to close, the pre- 
vious question, to lay on the table, to postpone indefinitely, to postpone for 
a certain time, to divide, to recommit, or to amend, which motions shall 



Chapter XXVI.] STATUTES. 81 

severally have precedence in the order herein arranged. The first three 
shall be decided without debate. 

311. Previous Question. On the call of two members, a majority 
of the lodge may demand the previous question, which shall always be 
put in this form: "Shall the main question be put?" And until it is 
decided, shall preclude all amendments and all further debate. 

312. Chairman. The person first named on a committee shall act 
as chairman, unless another is chosen by the members of the committee. 

313. IVIember IVIay be Excused. Any member may excuse him- 
self from serving on a committee, if, at the time of his appointment, he 
is a member of two other committees. A member, when appointed on a 
committee during his absence from the lodge, cannot claim excuse, if 
properly notified by the Keeper of Records and Seal. 

314. Chairman must Notify. The chairman of a committee 
shall notify the members thereof to meet at such time and place as he may 
designate. 

315. Filling of Blanks. When a blank is to be filled, the question 
shall first be taken upon the highest sum or number and the longest and 
latest time proposed. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 

RELATING TO REPORTS OP SUBORDINATE LODGES. 

316. Semi=Annual Report IVIust be IVIade at Close of 
Xerm. At the close of every semi-annual term, each Subordinate Lodge 
shall make a full report on the blank furnished by the Grand Keeper of 
Records and Seal, properly filled out, duly attested with the signature of 
the Chancellor Commander and Keeper of Records and Seal and bearing the 
seal of the lodge. 

31T. Sent to Grand Keeper of Records and Seal with 
Amount Due Grand J^odge. The semi-annual reports shall be sent 
to the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal promptly, accompanied by the 
amount due the Grand Lodge in post-office money order or bank draft. 

318. Failure to Have Report in His Hands Xbirty Days 
Previous to Convention Forfeits Seat. If any lodge fails to send 
its semi-annual report and per capita tax, so that the same may be in the 
hands of the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal thirty days previous to the 
Convention then ensuing its representative shall not be seated in the Grand 
Lodge. 

319. Report IVIust Be Completed Before Installation. 
The reports of the lodge must be filled out and properly attested, and the 
order drawn for the per capita tax, before the ceremony of the installation 
of officers. 



82 GRAND [Title III, 

CHAPTER XXVII. 

RELATING TO THE BY-LAWS OF SUBORDINATE LODGES AND ALTERATIONS 
OR AMENDMENTS THEREOF. 

320. IVIay Be adopted. Each Subordinate Lodge shall have the 
right to make and-adopt a code of By-Laws, in conformity with the Supreme 
and Grand laws for its g'overnment, which can be made, altered, amended, 
or added to, by submitting the propositions to the lodge in writing, signed 
by two members of the Knight Rank, and having the same read at three 
regular conventions previous to being acted upon, when, two-thirds of the 
valid votes cast concurring, they shall be adopted. 

321. flLmendmcnt. When an amendment to By-Laws is upon its 
passage at the time provided, it is competent to change, alter, amend, or 
add to the original proposed amendment. 

32a. First and Second Reading. The-first reading shall be on 
the night of presentation, and the vote, as specified, may be had at the 
second regular convention thereafter. 

3Z3. By-I^aws Not Operative Until approved. Before any 
By-Laws or amendments can become operative, a copy must be sent to the 
Grand Chancellor and receive his approval. After such approval a copy must 
be sent to the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal for preservation. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 

RELATING TO THE ORDER OF BUSINESS IN SUBORDINATE LODGES. 

324. Order of BuslnesB. The following shall be the ^' Order of 
Business" in a Subordinate Lodge, and may be transposed by the Chan- 
cellor Commander or by vote of the lodge, after passing Order No. 6 : 

1. Opening ceremonies. 

2. Roll of officers called and absentees noted. 

3. Reception of visiting Knights. 

4. Reading the minutes of last regular or special convention. 

5. Reading official communications. 

6. Report of the Relief Committee. 

7. Does any brother know of a Knight, or the family of a Knight, in 
distress ? 

8. Presentation and reference of bills, and communications. 

9. Reading and referring of petitions for membership. 

10. Second reading of petitions, report of investigating committees 
thereon, and balloting. 

11. Applications for membership in Endowment and Uniform Ranks. 

12. Application for Rank. 

13. Conferring of Ranks. 

14. Reports of committees. 

15. Reports of officers. 

16. Unfinished business, 

17. New business. 

18. Good of the Order. 

19. Collection of dues. 

20. Announcement of receipts in detail by the Master of Finance. 

21. Announcement of disbursements in detail by the Keeper of Records 
and Seal. 

22. Closing in due form. 



Chapter I.] STATUTES. 83 



TITLE IV. 

SEMI-ANNUAL PASSWORD. 

I. Promulgation and issuance. 

CHAPTER I. 

REGULATING THE PROMULGATION, ISSUANCE AND USE OF THE SEMI- 
ANNUAL PASSWORD. 

325. Shall be Xransmittcd Semi-annually to Installing 
Officer. The Grand Chancellor shall, through the Grand Keeper of 
Records and Seal, on or before the first day of June and December of each 
year, transmit the Semi-annual Password to the Deputy Grand Chancellor 
or other installing- officer of each Subordinate Lodge within this Domain, 
not under suspension; provided, that such Semi-annual Password shall not 
be transmitted to any Deputy Grand Chancellor or other installing officer 
who shall not have filed during the then current semi-annual term, in the 
office of the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, a certificate of the Subor- 
dinate Lodge of which such Deputy or installing officer is a member, that 
he has paid all dues or other indebtedness to his lodge to the beginning of 
such term, and that he is in good standing in such Subordinate Lodge. In 
the transmission of the Semi-annual Password, the Grand Keeper of 
Records and Seal shall use such cipher as the Grand Chancellor may direct 
or approve. 

326. Shall Be Communicated to Chancellor Commander. 
The Semi-annual Password shall be communicated by the Deputy Grand 
Chancellor or other installing officer, to the Chancellor Commander of each 
Subordinate Lodge under his charge, at the time and in the manner pro- 
vided in the installation ceremony. 

32T. He Shall Upon ^application Communicate to Xhose 
in Good Standing. Each Chancellor Commander shall, upon applica- 
tion therefor, personally and orally communicate the current Semi-annual 
Password to any member of the Order who has attained the Rank of Knight, 
who is in good standing in the Subordinate Lodge over which such Chan- 
cellor Commander presides, and to none others, except as provided in this 
statute. 

32&. Order IVIay Be Issued and Password Given Xhereon. 
Any member of the Order who has attained the Rank of Knight, and who 
is in good standing in his Subordinate Lodge who shall be unable to obtain 
the Password for the current semi-annual term personally and orally from 
the Chancellor Commander of his Subordinate Lodge, shall be entitled to 



84 GRAND [Title IV, 

an order addressed to any Chancellor Commander to whom the same may 
be presented, requesting- him to communicate to the member named therein, 
the Password for the semi-annual term in which such order is dated. No 
order for the Semi-annual Password shall be valid unless upon the blank 
form prescribed by the Supreme Lodge. 

329. Order Shall Not Issue W^hen I^odge is Not Kntitled 
to tlie V^ord. No order for the Semi-annual Password shall be issued to 
a member of a Subordinate Lodg-e, at a time during- a period when such 
Subordinate Lodge shall be without the word and not entitled to the pro- 
mulgation thereof. 

330. Word Btiall be Communicated on Order AVtiicli 
IVIust be Destroyed. Upon presentation of an order for the Semi- 
annual Password, upon an official blank dated in the current semi-annual 
term, and properly signed and sealed, together with the official receipt 
described therein, to any Chancellor Commander, by one who shall by per- 
sonal identification or examination in the secret work, or both, prove him- 
self to be the person designated in such order and official receipt, then such 
Chancellor Commander shall personally and orally communicate to him the 
Semi-annual Password described therein ; provided, that should the person 
presenting such order and official receipt be intoxicated or insane, then 
such Chancellor Commander may refuse to communicate to him the Semi- 
annual Password; but in such case he shall at once notify the Chancellor 
Commander issuing the order, of his action and of the reason therefor. 
When a Chancellor Commander shall invest a brother with the Semi-annual 
Password under the provisions of this section, he shall in every case imme- 
diately take up and destroy the order therefor. 

331. Uselvimlted. The use of the Semi-annual Password shall be 
at all times strictly limited by the provisions of the Rituals of the Order. 



Chapter I.] STATUTES 85 



TITLE V. 

OFFENSES. 
I. What Are and Punishment. 

CHAPTER I. 

RELATING TO AND DEFINING OFFENSES AGAINST THE ORDER AND PRE- 
SCRIBING THE PENALTIES WHICH MAY BE INFLICTED 
THEREFOR. 

332. Violation of Pledge. Any member of the Order who shall 
violate any pledge contained in the obligations of any Rank of Knighthood 
or of any legislative rank which he may have received, shall be deemed 
guilty of an offense against the Order, and shall be subject, upon convic- 
tion thereof, to either expulsion from the Order, or to suspension from the 
Order for a definite period, or for an indefinite period. 

333. I^awB or Rules of Society. Any member of the Order 
who shall violate any law of the state or country of his residence, or any of 
the rules of reputable society, shall be deemed guilty of conduct unbecom- 
ing a Knight, and upon conviction thereof may be punished by reprimand, 
by suspension, either definite or indefinite, or by expulsion, and not 
otherwise, as may be determined by the Tribunal before whom his guilt 
has been established. The certified record of any court of this land before 
whom the member has been convicted of such offense may be used as 
evidence in his trial by the lodge, but shall not be conclusive of his guilt. 

334. Fraud or Scandal. Any member of the Order who shall 
defraud or attempt to defraud the Grand Lodge, or who shall publicly 
attack or scandalize the Grand Lodge, or any officer or member thereof as 
such, or the Grand Tribunal, or any Grand Tribune, as such, shall be 
deemed guilty of an offense against the Order, and upon conviction thereof 
he may be punished by reprimand, by suspension, either definite or indefi- 
nite, or by expulsion from the lodge. 

335. ^Neglect or Refusal to Obey LawB or IVIandates. 
Any member of the Order who shall neglect or refuse to obey the Supreme 
or Grand Law or any part thereof, or who shall neglect or refuse to obey 
any legal mandate or order of the Supreme or Grand Cnancellor, shall be 
deemed guilty of an offense against the order, and upon conviction thereof 
may be punished by reprimand, by suspension, either definite or indefinite, 
or by expulsion. 



86 GRAND [Title V, 

33^. Neglect or Refusal to Obey I^aws or IVIandates of 
Rny Officer. Any member of the Order who shall neglect or refuse 
obedience to the laws enacted by the Grand Lodge or to the legal mandates 
of any officer thereof, shall be deemed guilty of an offense against the 
Order, and upon conviction thereof may be punished by reprimand, sus- 
pension, either definite or indefinite, or by expulsion from the Order. 

337. Violation of Subordinate La-w, Fraud or ScandaL 
Any member of the Order who shall willfully violate any law or by-law of 
his Subordinate Lodge, or who shall defraud or attempt to defraud such 
lodge, or who shall publicly attack or scandalize such lodge or the Order 
or any member thereof as such, shall be deemed guilty of an offense against 
the Order, and upon conviction thereof may be punished by reprimand, by 
fine, by suspension, either definite or indefinite, or by expulsion from the 
Order. 

33&. Gambler, Saloon Keeper, Bartender. Any member of 
the Order, now engaged in either of the occupations known as professional 
gambler, saloon keeper, bartender or retail dealer in spirituous liquors, 
wine, ale or beer (except as a bona Me hotel keeper or druggist), who 
shall hereafter engage in either of such occupations, shall be deemed guilty 
of an offense against the Order, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sus- 
pended or expelled, as the trial tribunal may determine. 

339. Same if Hereafter Initiated. Any member of the Order, 
hereafter initiated, who shall engage in either of the occupations known 
as saloon keeper, bartender or retail dealer in spirituous liquors, wine, ale 
or beer except as a bona £de hotel keeper or druggist, or who shall become 
a professional gambler, shall be deemed guilty of an offense against the 
Order and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by suspension for a 
definite or indefinite time or by expulsion. 

340. Violation of "PLny Obligation, Etc. Every member vio- 
lating any of the obligations, established principles, laws, rules, or regu- 
lations of the Order ; disregarding the requirements of the Constitution 
or By-Laws; disclosing the secret transactions of the lodge ; divulging the 
name of a member who has reported unfavorably onan applicant, or opposed 
his becoming a member; feigning himself sick or disabled; practicing, aid- 
ing, or in any other misrepresentation, false pretense or fraud ; guilty of 
habitual drunkenness, gambling, immoral, or criminal conduct of any kind, 
upon conviction of any such offenses, shall be punished by reprimand, sus- 
pension, definite or indefinite, or by expulsion from the Order. 

341. IVIalfeasance in Office or ^Willful Neglect of Duty. 
Any officer of the Grand Lodge or of any Subordinate Lodge, who shall 
be guilty of any malfeasance in office, or of willful neglect or refusal to 
promptly and faithfully discharge the duties of such office, shall be deemed 
guilty of an offense against the Order, and upon conviction thereof, may be 
removed from office, or suspended from the body in which he holds such 
membership, either definitely or indefinitely, or expelled from the body or 
from the Order. 



Chapter I.] STATUTES. 87 

342. Failure to Abide by Judgment, Decree or IVIandate 
of Tribunal . Willful failure or refusal to abide by or perform any judg- 
ment, mandate, or decree of the Grand Tribunal by any party thereto is 
hereby declared to be an offense against the Order, the penalty for which, 
shall be as follows : 

Paragraph 1. If an officer or member of the Order, expulsion from the 
Order. 

Par. 2. If a Subordinate Lodge, revocation of its charter. 

3^3. To Resist or Obstruct Same. To resist or willfully obstruct 
the due execution or enforcement of any judgment, mandate or decree of 
the Grand Tribunal, or to aid or abet another in so doing, is hereby 
declared to be an offense against the Order, the penalty for which shall be 
as follows : 

Paragraph 1. If an officer or member of the Order, expulsion from the 
Order. 

Par. 2. If a Subordinate Lodge, revocation of its charter. 

344. F»unishment of IVIember for Failure or Refusal to 
Abide by Decree of Tribunal. If a member shall fail or refuse to 
abide by or perform any judgment, mandate or decree of the Grand Tri- 
bunal, or resist or obstruct the due execution or enforcement of any judg- 
ment, mandate or decree of the Grand Tribunal, it shall be the duty of the 
Chancellor Commander of the lodge of which he is a member to request 
him to obey such judgment, mandate or decree; and if he refuses or fails to 
obey, then it shall be the duty of the Chancellor Commander to require the 
Keeper of Records and Seal of his lodge to make due return of such refusal 
and disobedience to the Recorder of the Grand Tribunal, who shall forth- 
with notify the Grand Chancellor, who shall order the said lodge of the 
said member to forthwith expel the said member therefrom, and the said 
lodge shall upon the receipt of said order, at the regular session thereof at 
which the same is received expel the said member from membership in the 
Order. 

345. Liability of I^odge for tbe Same. If a lodge shall refuse 
or neglect to abide by or perform any judgment, mandate or decree of the 
Grand Tribunal, or resist or willfully obstruct the duo execution or 
enforcement of any judgment, mandate or decree thereof, or aid or abet 
any member in so doing, or shall fail or refuse to expel a member when 
requested to do so by the Grand Chancellor for his failure to abide by 
any judgment, decree or mandate of the said Grand Tribunal as pro- 
vided by the Statutes, the Grand Chancellor, by himself or his duly 
authorized Deputy, shall have the power and authority, and he may upon 
such refusal declare such lodge suspended and forthwith take up the secret 
work and paraphernalia and property of the said lodge and hold the same 
until the next annual convention, when the same shall be presented to the 
Grand Lodge for such action with respect to the expulsion of said member 
and the suspension of said lodge as the Grand Lodge may then determine. 



88 GRAND [Title V, 

346. IVIay be Otherwise Punished, Nothing in this act shall 
be construed to prevent a trial and punishment for the said offense in 
accordance with the laws of the Order. 

34T. Willful Renunciation of the Order. A member of the 
Order who, from any cause whatever, shall willfully renounce the Order or 
the obligations thereof, shall be deemed guilty of an offense against the 
Order, and upon conviction thereof shall be expelled from the Order. 

34&. F*unishnient IVIay Mpply to Nlembers Under Sus= 
pension. For the purpose of trial and punishment the words, " member 
of the Order," as used in this chapter, shall be held to apply to ex-members 
of the Order, suspended members, and members under suspension for a 
cause other than non-payment of arrearages. 

349. Use of Name of Order Prohibited. No Subordinate 
Lodge of this Domain, nor any member thereof, affiliated or non-affiliated, 
shall use the name of the Order, nor any name derived therefrom, or ger- 
mane thereto, nor any emblem, motto or device belonging thereto, for the 
promotion of any lottery, raffle, gift enterprise, or any other scheme of 
chance. The warrant or charter of any Subordinate Lodge violating the 
provisions of this section shall be revoked or suspended. Any member of 
the Order who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be suspended 
or expelled from the Order, as may be determined. 

350. Use of Name as Trade IVlarU Prohibited. No member 
of the Order, affiliated or non-affiliated, shall use the name of the Order, or 
any term derived therefrom, or germane thereto, or any emblem, motto, or 
device belonging thereto, as a trade-mark, or in connection with any adver- 
tisement or circular, or in any other manner for his pecuniary benefit or 
business purposes, except in advertising the manufacture or sale of Pyth- 
ian goods, publications or supplies. Any member of the Order violating the 
provisions of this section shall be subject to suspension or expulsion. 

351. Use of Name in Saloon Prohibited. No Subordinate 
Lodge in this Domain, nor any member thereof , affiliated or non-affiliated, 
shall use the name of the Order, or any terms derived therefrom or ger- 
mane thereto, or with either of its branches, or shall display or cause to be 
displayed any flag, colors, emblem, motto, credential, diploma of the Order, 
in, over or upon any place of business devoted to the sale of spirits, wines 
or malt liquors, and commonly known as a saloon, or in or upon any hotel 
bar where are sold spirits, wine or malt liquors, or in or upon any place of 
business devoted wholly or in part to any game or scheme of chance. The 
Warrant or Charter of any Subordinate Lodge violating the provisions of this 
section shall be revoked. Any member of the Order violating the pro- 
visions of this section shall be expelled from the Order. 

3SZ. IVIember in Uniform or ^Wearing Jewel Shall Not 
Enter Saloon or Other Notorious Place. No member of the 
Order shall, at any time, while clothed in the uniform of the Order, or 
while wearing any jewel of Rank or office in th§ Order, knowingly enter 



Chapter I.] STATUTES. 89 

any public bar devoted to the sale of spirits, wines or malt liquors, or any 
g-aming- house, or any house or other place of notorious disrepute. Any 
member of the Order violating- the provisions of this section shall be 
expelled from the Order. 

353. Use of Name Prohibited in Connection AVith fl^ny 
Sunday Excursion, Etc. No Subordinate Lodge, nor any member 
thereof, affiliated or non-affiliated, nor association of such members, shall 
use the name of the Order, or any term derived therefrom, germane 
thereto, or any emblem, motto, device, banner or colors thereof, in connec- 
tion with any demonstration, excursion, meeting, ball, concert or other 
entertainment given on the first day of the week, commonly known as Sun- 
day, or in any advertisement, circular or other printed matter or announce- 
ment relating thereto or for the promotion thereof. The Warrant or 
Charter of any Subordinate Lodge violating the provisions of this section 
shall be revoked. Any member of the Order violating the provisions of 
this section shall be suspended or expelled. 

354. Sale of I^iquors Prohibited at Entertainments, Etc. 
No Subordinate Lodge, nor any member thereof, nor association of such 
members, affiliated or non-affiliated, shall allow or permit the sale or gift 
of spirits, wanes or malt liquors at any excursion, demonstration, ball, con- 
cert or other entertainments which may be given by them, and at which 
the name of the Order or any term derived therefrom, or germane thereto, 
or any motto, device, banner, emblem or colors of the Order shall be used. 
The Warrant or Charter of any Subordinate Lodge violating the provisions 
of this section shall be revoked. Any member of the Order who, by him- 
self or in association with other persons, whether members of the Order or 
not, shall violate the provisions of this section shall be suspended or expelled. 

355. Grand Chancellor Shall Prefer Charges. Should 
the Grand Chancellor become cognizant of any violation or infraction, 
direct or indirect, of the i)rovisions of this statute, or any of them, he shall 
formulate, or cause to be formulated, the necessary complaint or charges 
against such offender or offenders. If the offender be a Subordinate Lodge 
the charges shall be referred to the Grand Tribunal and such Subordinate 
Lodge shall be subject to notice, summons and trial, as may be provided 
for other violations of the Grand Law by Subordinate Lodges, and if 
adjudged guilty it shall be subject to the penalty provided in this statute. 

Paragraph ]. If the offender or offenders be officers or individual 
members of the Order, affiliated or non-affiliated, the Grand Chancellor 
shall file the complaint or charges in the Subordinate Lodge with which 
they are connected, and shall order the trial of the offender or offenders in 
the manner provided for other violations of the Supreme and Grand Law, 
and in case of conviction, the accused shall be subject to the penalties pro- 
vided in this statute. 



90 GRAND [Title V, 

Par. 2. In case a Subordinate Lodge shall refuse to hear and try the 
charges so preferred by the Grand Chancellor, he shall at once suspend the 
Warrant or Charter of such Subordinate Lodge. 

Far. 3. If the Subordinate Lodge shall, after trial, fail or refuse to 
convict a member against whom such complaint and charges have been 
filed, any member thereof or the Grand Chancellor may, in his discretion, 
appeal to the Grand Tribunal. If upon final hearing the offender or 
offenders be convicted of the offense charged, and the Subordinate Lodge 
shall still fail or refuse to inflict the penalty prescribed by this statute and 
ordered to be imposed by the tribunal of final hearing in the case, the 
Grand Chancellor of this Domain shall at once suspend the warrant or 
charter of such Subordinate Lodge; provided^ that should a majority of the 
members of such Subordinate Lodge, prior to the next convention of this 
Grand Lodge, petition the Grand Chancellor for permission to rescind the 
action upon which suspension was based, he may authorize such Subordi- 
nate Lodge to take the action proposed in the petition and upon compli- 
ance by such Subordinate Lodge with the orders or judgment made in the 
case he shall revoke his order suspending the warrant or charter of the 
lodge. 

Par. 4. When the Warrant or Charter of a lodge is suspended under 
Paragraph 2 or 3 of this Section, the Grand Chancellor shall at once pre- 
fer charges in the Grand Lodge against such Subordinate Lodge, setting 
forth merely the offense with which it is charged and for the alleged com- 
mission of which the suspension was ordered, specifying the time, place, 
and other material circumstances, and file said charges in the office of the 
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal: A copy of said charges shall be sent 
by the said Grand Keeper of Records and Seal by registered mail to the 
Chancellor Commander of such lodge, together with a summons requiring 
the lodge to appear before said Grand Lodge at a named time and place to 
answer the same. If, upon hearing the evidence produced by the parties 
respectively, the Grand Lodge shall find the Subordinate Lodge guilty of 
the offense charged the penalty shall be revocation of its Warrant or Char- 
ter or the further suspension thereof for such time as the Grand Lodge 
may determine. If the said charges be not sustained, the order of suspen- 
sion theretofore made by the Grand Chancellor shall stand revoked. 

356. IVIember© JVIay be Designated to Represent Grand 
Chancellor, In all trials arising under this Statute the Grand Chancel- 
lor may designate and commission any Knight or Knights in good standing 
to represent him as attorney or counsel in the prosecution of such complaint 
or charges, and such attorney or counsel shall be and is hereby empowered 
to perform any act or thing usually done or performed by attorneys as such 
and which may be necessary to the conduct of said trial, and to the full and 
final hearing of all the facts, pleadings and issues. All evidence taken in 
such trial shall be reduced to writing and entered on the records of the 
trial body. 

35T, IVIembers IVIay F»rosecute, Nothing in this Statute shall 
be construed to prevent a member of the Order in good standing, other 
than the Grand Chancellor, from commencing and prosecuting complaints 
and charges for the offenses herein enumerated. 



Chapter I.] STATUTES. 91 



TITLE VI. 

TRIALS. 

I. Trial of Chancellor Commander. 
II. Trial of other officers. 

CHAPTER I. 

RELATING TO THE TRIAL OF A CHANCELLOR COMMANDER. 

3S&. Grand Xribunal Shall Have Jurisdiction. A Chancel- 
lor Commander of a Lodge while the incumbent of the office for official 
misconduct and offenses against the laws of the Order shall be tried before 
the Grand Tribunal, jurisdiction for the purpose being hereby conferred 
on said body. 

359. Charges IVIay be Preferred by Two or IVIore. For 
any such offense committed by a Chancellor Commander, charges may be 
preferred by two or more members of the Order in good standing in the 
lodge to which he belongs. The charges shall specify the offense charged, 
and in what it consists, with clearness and precision, and with reasonable 
detail. as to time, place and circumstances ; shall be made under the pledge 
of honor of the accusers, and shall be filed with the Recorder of the Grand 
Tribunal. 

360. Procedure Same as Title II, Chapter V. After the 
charges are filed the case shall proceed, and the same shall be tried and 
conducted in the same manner, and with all the rights of the parties, as 
provided in Title TI, Chapter v, of these Statutes, relating to the original 
and exclusive jurisdiction of the Grand Tribunal, and regulating procedure 
therein. 

361. Recorder Shall Present to Lodge the Findings. The 
Recorder of the Grand Tribunal shall, upon the determination of such 
trial, forward to the Lodge whence the charges originated, a certified copy 
of the order and findings of the Grand Tribunal, which shall be read in 
open lodge and spread upon the records, and shall be binding upon all 
parties. 

CHAPTER II. 

RELATING TO THE TRIAL OF SUBORDINATE LODGE OFFICERS AND MEM- 
BERS, OTHER THAN CHANCELLOR COMMANDER. 

362. Subordinate Lodge Shall Xry. Every officer and mem- 
ber of a Subordinate Lodge other than the Chancellor Commander, shall, 
for offenses against such lodge, its officers and members, and for violation 



92 GRAND [Title VI, 

of the laws of the Grand or Subordinate Lodge, be tried in his own lodge, 
and not elsewhere, except on appeal. 

3^3. I»rosecutions IVIay be Commenced Openly or I»ri- 
vately. Prosecutions may be commenced against such officer or member 
in two ways, openly or privately : 

(a) A brother accused of the violation of any Pythian law or principle 
may be prosecuted openly, in which case the accusing brother shall prepare, 
and after due notice to the accused of the time of presentation, present a 
written duplicate of the charges and specifications in substantial compli- 
ance with "Form A," as follows : 

[FORM A.] 
CHARGES AND SPECIFICATIONS. 
To .- Lodge No K. of P.: 

The undersigned, a member in good standing of .Lodge No , 

does hereby charge Brother A. B., of_-. .Lodge No , with viola- 
tion of the laws and principles of the Order, the grounds of such charge 
being more fully set forth in the following specifications, to-wit : 

1. For that he, the said A. B., did on the day of... 189_., 

at [specify the offense and circumstances, and continue with 

further specifications ; each separate violation of law to be a specification], 
contrary to the laws and usages of the Order. 

Date [Signed] B. B. 

Signing the same as " prosecutor," which shall be entered of record by 
the Keeper of Records and Seal, and one copy, duly certified under seal of 
the lodge, shall be sent to the accused or his counsel, due notice having 
been given the accused. 

( b ) Prosecutions may be instituted privately by giving written notice 
of the offense, with a list of witnesses, to the Chancellor Commander. The 
Chancellor Commander shall forthwith privately refer a copy of such notice 
and list of witnesses, concealing the name of the informant, to an investi- 
gating committee of three, who shall proceed without delay to determine 
whether there is just ground for presenting the charges. The committee 
shall report in writing, and, in case the same is in favor of the accused, the 
report shall be substantially as indicated by "Form B," as follows: 

[ FORM B.] 

To the C. C. of. ....Lodge No , K. of P.: 

Your committee would respectfully report that it has fully investigated 
the complaint against Brother _ • l and 

is of the opinion that justice does not require the preferring of charges. 
Date - - - 

Chairman of Investigating Committee. 
Such report, in the discretion of the Chancellor Commander, or at the 
request of the accused, may be spread upon the minutes of the lodge. If 
the committee be of the opinion that charges should be preferred, it shall 
report substantially as indicated by "Form C," as follows : 



Chapter IL] STATUTES. 93 

[FORM C. ] 

To - Lodge No , K. oi P.: 

Your committee would respectfully report that, after due investigation, 
it is of the opinion that charges should be preferred against Brother 

_ _ _ , and accordingly the following charges 

and specifications are herewith submitted : 

Your committee does hereby charge Brother A. B., of Lodge 

No , with violation of the law and principles of the Order; the 

grounds of such charge being more fully set forth in the following specifi- 
cations, to-wit : 

1. For that he, the said A. B., did on the day of 

._.18--, at [Specify the offense and circumstances, 

and continue with further specifications ; each separate violation of law 

to be a specification]- _., contrary to the laws and usages of 

the Order. 

Date 

Chairman of Investigating Committee. 

Such report, together with charges and specifications, signed by the 
chairman, shall be presented at an early regular convention of the lodge, 
after due notice to the accused, and the charges and specifications shall be 
entered or recorded by the Keeper of Records and Seal. 

364. One AVccli's Notice is Due Notice. One week's notice in 
writing shall be deemed " due notice " under this code, and all such notices 
should be endorsed, showing the manner of service. Such notice may be 
served in either of two ways : 

Paragraph 1. If the accused can be found within the county in which 
the lodge is situated, service must be made by delivering to him a true copy 
of the notice. 

Par. 2. If the accused cannot be found within the county, then service 
may be made by mailing a copy thereof in the postoffice addressed to his 
last known postoffice address. 

365. Notices Must be Endorsed. The "endorsement on notices 
shall be substantially in one of the two ways indicated in "Form D," as 
follows : 

[FORM D.l 

I hereby certify, on my Knightly honor, that I served a true copy of the 

within notice upon Brother 

on the day of , by giving the same to him 

personally. 

[Signed] 

Or, 
I hereby certify, on my Knightly honor, that I served the within notice 

upon Brother on the 

day of by mailing a true copy to him, postage paid, in 

the postoffice, addressed to his last known postoffice address, as follows: 

, the said brother not 

being found in the city of _ 

[Signed] 



94 GRAND [Title VI, 

366. The chairman of the Investigating Committee, or the Knight 
preferring charges openly, shall be deemed the prosecutor of the charges. 

367. Copy of Ctiargcs IVIust be Served Upon Accused. 

The Keeper of Records and Seal shall affix the seal of the lodge to a copy 
of the charges and specifications, and certify to it substantially according 
to the following "Form E," and serve or cause the same to be served, upon 
the accused: 

[FORM B.] 
NOTICE OF CHARGE TO THE ACCUSED. 

[Date] , 189.. 

Brother I herewith enclose a copy of charge 

and specifications preferred against you by 

of -Lodge. The same was referred to a committee 

consisting of [Give names] You 

are hereby required to file your answer to said charges and specifications, 
according to the form prescribed, within one week from the service of this 
notice, with the undersigned, who will notify you of the time and place of 
trial. Fraternally, 

[seal] 

Keeper of Records and Seal. 

368. accused IVIust File lttis>ver Within One Week. 
The accused shall, within one week from the service of notice and copy of 
the charges and specifications upon him, file his plea or answer to the 
same with the Keeper of Records and Seal, according to the following 
"Form F," and such answer or plea may be by either one or more answers 
shown therein: 

[FORM r.] 

I, A. B., mentioned in the charge and specifications preferred on the 
day of , 18-., say: 

1. That the oft'ense in the charge mentioned is not within the legal 
jurisdiction of the lodge. 

2. That I am not guilty. 

3. Guilty. 

4. I admit the facts stated, but will justify the alleged offense. 

5. The complaint is frivolous. 
Or any other proper plea. 



369. l^odge IVIust Proceed to Xry. The lodge at the next 
meeting after answer, or at such other time as may be fixed, shall proceed 
with the trial or investigation of the case, and after a full hearing of all 
the testimony and defense of the accused member, shall proceed to vote on 
the charge or charges preferred. If such charge or charges be sustained 
in whole or in part by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, the 
accused member shall retire to the ante-room. The Keeper of Records and 
Seal shall then read to the lodge the charge or charges, or part or parts 



Chapter 11.] STATUTES. 95 

thereof which have been sustained, when the Chancellor Commander shall, 
without motion, proceed to put to vote the highest order of punishment 
(expulsion), and if lost, he shall proceed until some order of punishment 
known to the laws is agreed upon by a vote of two-thirds of the members 
present. A lodge having found a member guilty, must fix some order of 
punishment recognized by the laws of the Order; and to this end, and if the 
vote shall have been taken on all the forms of punishment without the 
requisite votes in favor of either, the Chancellor Commander shall com- 
mence again with the highest order of punishment, and if need be go 
through again, and so continue until some order of punishment be affixed; 
provided, that where more than one member is under charge for the same 
offense, they shall not be permitted to vote upon the said charges on the 
degree of punishment to be inflicted upon the other of the said members. 

3TO. If Suspended, Time IVIay be Fixed. If the lodge deter- 
mine upon suspension, a motion may be made to fix the time, and two 
amendments be offered thereto, which shall be decided without debate. 
The Chancellor Commander, upon receiving said motion, shall put to vote, 
commencing with the longest period of time therein named; if neither be 
agreed to, a second motion may be made, and two amendments thereto, 
which shall be put to vote in like manner, and the lodge shall so proceed 
until some order of time for suspension is fixed. 

3T1. If Fined, Amount IVIust be Determined. If the lodge 
shall decide to punish by fine, the same course shall be adopted in determining 
the amount thereof as above provided in fixing the time of suspension, and in 
either case of determining the amount of fine or fixing the time of suspen- 
sion, a majority of the members shall decide. 

3T2. Decision IVIust be Communicated by the Chancellor 
Commander. When the lodge has determined upon the order of pun- 
ishment, and in case of suspension or fine fixed the time or amount thereof, 
the accused shall be called in and the decision communicated to him by the 
Chancellor Commander. 

3T3. IVIay be Suspended for Contempt. If such accused shall 
evade the receiving of a citation, or after receiving the same shall neglect 
or refuse to attend the lodge at the time therein fixed and remain through- 
out the investigation or trial of his case, or is. not represented by a member 
of the Order as his attorney, the lodge may proceed in his absence to sus- 
pend him for contempt ; provided, that if such absence should have been 
produced by unavoidable circumstances, or injustice be otherwise done 
thereby, said member shall be entitled to a rehearing of his case ; and shall 
at all stages of the proceedings have every opportunity afforded him of vin- 
dicating himself against said accusation. 

3T-4. Reprimand IVIust be ^dminlstsred by C. C. or Some 
F*. C. Appointed. Whenever the lodge shall decide upon a reprimand, 
such reprimand shall be administered in open lodge by the Chancellor Com- 
mander, or some Past Chancellor appointed by him for that purpose. 



96 GRAND [Title VI, 

375. Every Charge IMust be Voted Upon, Ktc. Every 
specification of a charge legally brought before a lodge must be inquired 
into by testimony adduced on the hearing of the case ; and every such 
specification that in itself imports a direct offonse against the rules and 
laws of the Order must be voted upon and sustained or dismissed by the 
lodge. When charges or parts of charges are sustained, or a plea of guilty 
entered, the lodge must fix an order of punishment to every such finding 
or plea. 

376. If Guilt is Admitted, Penalty IVIay be Imposed 
Without Trial. If a member acknowledges his guilt upon charges 
preferred, the penalty may be imposed without trial. The lodge shall hear 
testimony upon a plea of guilty, as well to determine the extent of the 
ofi'ense on the. one hand, as to ascertain the mitigating circumstances on 
the other. 

377. Votes IVIust be With Balls. All votes taken under the 
provisions of this chapter shall be with ball ballots. 

378. Suspension IVIay be Terminated by Vote. A lodge 
may, upon the discovery of new evidence, mitigating circumstances, or in 
any case of excessive punishment, when a member is suspended for a defi- 
nite period, terminate the same ; provided, two- thirds of the members pres- 
ent shall vote in favor of such termination, after one week's previous 
notice thereof having been given the lodge. 

379. IVIember Restored Entitled to Itll His Rights. A 
member whose suspension shall be so terminated shall be restored to all 
his rights and privileges as a member, without other action, but shall not 
be entitled to any claims originating during his suspension. 

380. No Dismissal ?tfter Charges are Reported. A cause 
cannot be dismissed after a committee, appointed to investigate a complaint 
against a member, has reported a charge, and the Keeper of Records and 
Seal ordered to notify the offending member to appear for trial. 

381. No Rerson Not a IVIember Shall be Rresent at 
Trial. No person not a member of the lodge shall be present during the 
trial; provided, the accused may call witnesses and be represented by 
counsel who are members of other lodges; and, provided further, that 
nothing shall prevent the Supreme Chancellor, the Grand Chancellor or 
their deputies from sitting in the lodge. 

382. Keeper of Records and Seal Shall Keep Full 
Record. The Keeper of Records and Seal shall keep a full and complete 
record of all the proceedings and of all the evidence introduced at the trial 
including the oral testimony, if any, introduced by either party. 

38s. Charges and Rleadings may be Jtmended. Charges 
and specifications, answers and all other pleadings and papers in the case 
may be amended at any time before the close of the trial. 

384. Trial IVlay be Jtdjourned. After commencement of pro- 
ceedings and before any evidence is introduced, by a majority vote, the trial 



Chapter II.] . STATUTES. 97 

may be adjourned from time to time, and witnesses previously summoned 
shall be required to appear at the adjourned meeting without further cita- 
tion under the same penalties as in the first instance. 

385. Record Shall Show. The records of the lodge shall 
show: 

1. The date and place of each meeting and the parties present or means 
taken to notify them to be present. 

2. Exceptions taken by either party and the decision thereon. 

3. Parol evidence in full subscribed by the witnesses, unless signature 
be waived by the parties. 

4. All documentary evidence marked exhibits. 

386. Decisions Shall be Entered on IVIinutes. Other 
Proceedings in a Record. The decision only of the lodge shall be 
entered in the lodge minutes by the Keeper of Records and Seal. The 
other proceedings shall be entered in a record kept therefor. All parties 
interested shall be entitled to make a copy of any and all records or pro- 
ceedings of any trial at their own expense. 

38T. Chancellor Commander Shall ^tnnounce Judg- 
ment. The Chancellor Commander or presiding officer shall announce 
the judgment of the lodge. It shall then be the duty of the lodge and its 
officers to enforce, and of the members to obey, submit to, and observe the 
same. It shall be the duty of the accused to be present and to submit to 
and obey the judgment of the lodge as declared, until the same is reversed 
or modified by the proper authorities; provided, if the accused shall be 
found guilty, and the punishment fixed be reprimand, the lodge shall, upon 
the request of the accused, grant ten days in which to perfect an appeal, 
which, in that case, when perfected, shall act as a supersedeas. 

388. a^ccused May be Represented by Counsel. At all 
trials herein provided for either party shall have the right to be present, 
by counsel; service of any of the notices upon such counsel shall be equiva- 
lent to service of notice upon such party. 

389. Charges IVIay be Preferred by IVIember of One 
Against IVIember of S:nother Lodge. Any member of a lodge 
desiring to prefer a charge against a member of another lodge, must present 
the same through his own lodge to the lodge of which the accused is a 
member. The charge shall be attested by the Keeper of Records and Seal, 
under seal of the lodge in which presented and shall be sent or delivered to 
the lodge of which the accused is a member. 

390. I^odge IMust Proceed Without Delay. It shall be the 
duty of the lodge of which such accused is a member to proceed without 
delay, and conduct the case substantially as in this Code provided; and the 
member preferring the charge, or the lodge in which the charge was orig- 
inally presented, shall have the privilege of being represented at the trial 
by counsel. 



98 GRAND [Title VI, 

391. appeal IVlay be Taken to Tribunal. A prosecutor, the 
accused, or any member may appeal from the decision of the lodge to the 
Grand Tribunal within thirty days from the date the same is announced by 
the Chancellor Commander. The lodge shall transmit to the Recorder of 
the Grand Tribunal a copy of the proceedings, regularly certified, upon 
receiving the costs of mailing and charges for copying the same, which 
shall not exceed fifteen cents per folio of one hundred words, from the party 
appealing. 

392. Keeper of Records and Seal Shall Complete 
Record. The Keeper of Records and Seal of the lodge, in making up 
the record for appeal, will make copies of all charges, pleas, notices, evi- 
dence, and the like, and substantially observe the following "Form G ": 

[form g.] 

i, ._.._.._ .., Keeper of Records and Seal, of 

Lodge, do hereby certify that the following is a true and complete copy of 
all reports, minutes, reports of committees, evidence and papers filed with 

me, i^ertaining to or relating to the case of Lodge 

versus Brother , or Brother , 

prosecutor, versus Brother __ , defendant ( as the case 

may be). 

(Then copy the report of each committee, the action of the Chancellor 
Commander, and Vice-Chancellor, and the full report of the trial with all 
proceedings, and conclude the record as follows): 

In testimony that the foregoing is a complete record of all matters per- 
taining to the case of , versus , I 

hereunto set my hand and attach the seal of said lodge, this day of , 

at 



K. of R. and S. 

393. Competent Evidence is. The evidence competent to be 
admitted before the lodge shall be : 

1. Parol evidence ; i.e., testimony of living witnesses before the com- 
mittee. 

2. Depositions, procured as hereinafter set forth. 

3. Regularly certified minutes of lodge. 

4. Regularly proved documentary evidence. Hearsay evidence shall 
not be received. Nor shall ex-parte statements or affidavits be considered. 

394. Ivodge to Determine the Admissibility. The lodge will 
determine the admissibility of evidence offered, subject to exception 
by either party ; the exceptions so taken shall be noted by the lodge upon 
its record. 

395. IVIembers Shall Testify Under Their Obligation. 
Members of the Order shall testify under their obligation as Knights, to be 
administered by the Prelate, and according to the following "Form H": 



Chapter II.l STATUTES. 99 

[FORM H.] 
DECLARATION OF WITNESS. 

You sincerely declare, upon your honor as a Knight, that the evidence 

you shall give in the matter .._ against .._ , now 

pending, shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. 
Thus you declare on your honor as a Knight. 



[Signature.] 

39a. Stenographer Maybe Employed. In taking oral testi- 
mony a stenographer may be employed by the parties, by agreement, or by 
either party, who may be sworn by an officer competent to administer oaths, 
or obligated upon honor by the Prelate of the lodge, as the case may be, 
to truly take and transcribe the same, in all cases : provided, that in cases 
pertaining to, or involving the Ritualistic or secret work of the Order, only 
a stenographer who is a member of the Order shall be employed. 

39T. Depositions Taken. Depositions of absent witnesses shall 
be procured by interrogatories and cross-interrogatories, subject to objec- 
tion by either party, to be determined by the lodge. 

396. Conviction in Higher Tribunal Conclusive Evi= 
dence. In all trials the record of a conviction had in the Supreme or 
Grand Tribunal, or Grand Lodge, shall, when the offense charged was also 
an offense against the Subordinate Lodge, be competent evidence and shall 
be conclusive of the guilt of the accused. And the record of conviction of 
the same offense charged by any court of the land, shall be competent, but 
not conclusive evidence. 

399. IVlanner of Taking Depositions. Whenever a lodge, or 
member thereof, prosecuting or defending a charge, or any person authorized 
to introduce testimony in any proceeding, shall desire to take the testi- 
mony of a witness whose personal presence cannot be had before the tri- 
bunal trying the charge, his deposition may be taken in the following 
manner: 

Paragraph 1. The party desiring to take the deposition shall file with 
the Keeper of Records and Seal of the lodge of which the accused is a mem- 
ber, in duplicate, the interrogatories he wishes to propound to the witness 
or witnesses, naming them. The Keeper of Records and Seal of such lodge 
shall immediately deliver or cause to be delivered, to the opposite party, a 
copy of the interrogatories ; the latter party, within one week from such 
service, may file counter interrogatories with the said Keeper of Records 
and Seal. 

Par. 2. At the expiration of the week or sooner, if counter interroga- 
tories have been filed, the Keeper of Records and Seal shall forthwith for- 
ward them to the Chancellor Commander of a lodge near the witness, with 
a request to take the deposition of the witness or witnesses named, or to 
have the same taken by some competent member of the Order, requiring 
that every interrogatory be propounded to the witness, and the answer to 



100 GRAND [Title VI, 

each be reduced to writing in the presence of the witness, and when the 
deposition is completed, cause the witness to sign the same. The officer or 
member taking the deposition shall also be required to certify to the same 
having been duly taken, verifying such certificate by the signatures of the 
Chancellor Commander or Keeper of Records and Seal and seal of the 
lodge. A deposition thus taken and certified may be read in evidence in the 
cause to which it relates. 

Par. 3. In other Domains the request to take depositions can and 
should only be asked as a Knightly courtesy: it is, however, the duty of the 
Chancellor Commander of any lodge in this Domain to whom such request 
to take a deposition may come, cheerfully to perform the labor with prompt- 
ness and dispatch, and return at once the deposition so taken to the lodge 
making the request. 

■4tOO. Citation to "Witness Siiall be Issued. A citation to 
appear as a witness, stating the time and place of trial, when issued by 
either the prosecuting attorney or the defendant or his attorney, and signed 
by the Keeper of Records and Seal, shall be binding upon any member in 
this Domain, and failure to appear at the time and place specified shall sub- 
ject the member so cited to jDroceedings for contempt, unless excused by the 
vote of a majority of the lodges. Such citation shall be considered as 
legally served when directed to the last known address of the member 
cited, and deposited postage prepaid in the post-office at least twenty-four 
hours before the time set for trial; provided, that citations addressed to 
members residing outside of the limits of the town or city where the trial 
is held, must be so mailed at least forty-eight hours previous to the time 
set for trial. 

401. IVIember Refusing to Give Evidence Shall be 
Reported to His LrOdge. Any member of the Order refusing or neg- 
lecting to give evidence or produce documentary evidence in his possession, 
upon the application of the party requiring his testimony, shall then be 
required by the lodge to give such evidence, and if he still refuses, after 
being so required, to give or produce such evidence, he shall be reported to 
his lodge, which lodge shall take such action as it may deem necessary to 
compel the production of the evidence required. 



Chapter I.] STATUTES. 101 



TITLE VII. 

PYTHIAN CALENDAR. 

I. Period— Anniversary and Memorial Days. 
II. Fiscal Year. 

CHAPTER I. 

RELATING TO THE PYTHIAN PERIOD AND THE ANNIVERSARY AND MEM- 
ORIAE DAYS OF THE ORDER. 

4tOa. F»ythian F»criod. The Order of the Knights of Pythias 
having been instituted and established on the 19th day of February, 1864, 
the Pythian Period is hereby declared to date therefrom, and each and 
every year thereafter succeed in numerical order, commencing with that 
date. 

403. Use of. The term "Pythian Period" shall be used in official 
documents emanating from or issued by any body of the Order, immediately 
after any date of the vulgar era, in style and form as follows: "This, the 
-. day of , 189.., P. P " 

■*0-4. ULnnivcrsary. The 19th day of February is hereby estab- 
lished as the Anniversary Day of the organization of the Order. 

405. IVIetnorial Day. The Tuesday following the second Sunday 
in June of each year is hereby set apart and established as the "Memorial 
Day" of the Order of Knights of Pythias, and all bodies of the Order are 
hereby authorized to meet in their respective localities, upon said day in 
each year, whenever practicable and convenient, for the purpose of engag- 
ing in such services and exercises as may be appropriate to the occasion; 
provided, that a Subordinate Lodge may select a different day for such serv- 
ices when the circumstances render it desirable. 

CHAPTER II. 

RELATING TO AND DEFINING THE FISCAL YEAR. 

4r06. X wclve IVIonttis, From Tt^ugust 1 to July 31, Knsuing. 

The term "fiscal year," wherever used in these Statutes, shall be held to 
mean the period of twelve calendar months beginning August 1st of each 
calendar year and ending July 31st of the succeeding calendar year. 



102 GRAND [Title VIII, 



TITLE VIII. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

I. Diplomas and Credentials. 

If. Appeals for Aid. 

III. Good standing of Past Chancellors. 

IV. General Relief Committee. 

CHAPTER I. 

RELATING TO AND PROVIDING FOR DIPLOMAS AND CREDENTIALS OR RANK 
OF HONOR IN THE ORDER, AND FOR THE ISSUE AND USE THEREOF. 

-*OT. IVIcmbcr Kntitled to Diploma of I^ank of Knigtit, 

Any member of the Order in this Grand Domain who has attained the Rank 
of Knight, and who is in good standing, shall be entitled to receive from his 
Subordinate Lodge, at his request and upon payment of the required fee 
therefor, a diploma of the Rank of Knight, sigaed by the Chancellor Com- 
mander and Keeper of Records and Seal, and bearing the seal of his lodge. 
406. Honor of F»ast Chancellor. Any member of the Order in 
this Domain, who is in good standing, and who has attained the honor of 
Past Chancellor, shall be entitled to receive from the Grand Lodge, at his 
request and upon payment of the required fee therefor, a diploma of the 
honor of Past Chancellor, signed by the Grand Chancellor and Grand 
Keeper of Records and Seal, and bearing the seal of the Grand Lodge. 

409. Honor of Past Grand Representative. Any member of 
the Order in this Domain who is in good standing, and upon whom the 
Grand Lodge Rank has been conferred, or who has attained the honor of 
Past Grand Representative, shall be entitled to receive from the Grand 
Lodge, at his request and upon payment of the required fee therefor, a 
diploma of the Grand Lodge Rank or of the honor of Past Grand Repre- 
sentative, signed by the Grand Chancellor and Grand Keeper of Records 
and Seal, and bearing the seal of the Grand Lodge. 

410. IVIember Removing to Another Domain Entitled to 
Certificate of Honor. Any member of the Order removing his 
lodge membership to another Grand Domain, or to territory not under the 
control of the Grand Lodge, may obtain from the Grand Keeper of Records 
and Seal of the Grand Lodge, a Credential, addressed to the Grand Lodge 
of the Domain to which he transfers his membership, or to the Supreme 
Lodge, as the case may be, certifying to any Honor or to any Legislative 
Rank attained by him ; and it is hereby made the duty of the Grand 
Keeper of Records and Seal of the Grand Lodge, to issue such Credentials 



Chapter IV.] STATUTES. 103 

of Honor or Rank to persons entitled thereto, upon payment of the required 
fee therefor. 

4H1. No Other Diplomas Recognized. No Credential or 
Diploma of Honor or Rank in the Order, other than those described in this 
Statute, shall be recognized as authorized or valid : and all Keepers of 
Records and Seal of Subordinate Lodges within this Domain are hereby 
expressly forbidden to certify by their signatures, or to authenticate by 
seal of their lodge, any Credential or Diploma of Rank of Honor in the 
Order, other than those described in this Statute : provided, that this Sec- 
tion shall not be construed to affect the proper signature, authentication 
and validity of Transfer Cards and Withdrawal Cards. 

CHAPTER II. 

RELATING TO APPEALS FOR AID BY GRAND LODGES, SUBORDINATE LODGES 
OR MEMBERS OF THE ORDER. 

412. IVIay be Issued and Circulated Only by Permission. 

Appeals in behalf of a Subordinate Lodge within this Domain, or of a 
member or members thereof, may be issued and circulated within the 
Domain of the Grand Lodge only by permission of the Grand Lodge, or 
the Grand Chancellor thereof. 

413. Same by I^odges of Other Domains. Appeal for aid by 
sister Grand Lodges, or Subordinate Lodges in their Domain, or by a mem- 
ber or members thereof as such, shall not be issued, circulated or read 
in any lodge of the Order in this Domain, except by permission of the 
Grand Lodge, or the Grand Chancellor thereof. 

414. Same by L'Odges Not Within Domain of Grand 
I^odge. Appeals for aid in behalf of Subordinate Lodges, or members 
thereof, not within the Domain of a Grand Lodge, shall not be issued, circu- 
lated or read, in any Lodge of the Order within the Domain of the Grand 
Lodge, except by permission of the Grand Lodge, or the Grand Chancellor 
thereof. 

415. Nothing to Prohibit Appeals in Aid of Public 
Calamity or Disaster. Nothing in this Statute shall be construed to 
prohibit the issuing, circulating or reading appeals for aid, in case of public 
calamity or disaster, when emanating from the Supreme Chancellor, or for 
purposes duly approved by the Supreme Lodge. 

CHAPTER III. 

RELATING TO AND DEFINING GOOD STANDING OF PAST CHANCELLORS. 

416. Good Standing of Past Chancellor. A Past Chancellor, 
upon whom has been conferred the Grand Lodge Rank, shall be considered 
to be in good standing in the Grand Lodge : 

Paragraph 1. If he is in good standing in the Subordinate Lodge in 
the Domain of which he is a member. 



104 GRAND STATUTES. [Title VIII, 

Par. 2. If he is not under any suspension from membership in the 
Grand Lodge; and, 

Par. 3. If he is not on trial in the Grand Lodge for offenses punishable 
by suspension from membership, or expulsion from the Order; and. 

Par. 4. If he is not the subject of charges made and pending in the 
Grand Lodge pursuant to law; and, 

Par. 5. If the Subordinate Lodge of which he is a member shall not be 
under suspension for any cause. 

CHAPTER IV. 

RELATING TO GENERAL RELIEF COMMITTEE. 

■41T. IVIay be Organized in all Cities Having Over 
Three Lodges. At the election of officers in December, annually, in all 
cities and towns where there are three or more lodges, each lodge may 
select one member to serve as a General Relief Committee of the Knights of 
Pythias. The members of such committee shall organize with a chairman, 
secretary and treasurer, and shall have full power to adopt rules of order 
and by-laws for the purpose of facilitating its operations. 

418. Duties. It shall be the duty of this committee to extend such 
relief as may be deemed expedient to transient brothers who may make 
application, or to brothers who may be sent to it from a lodge that is rep- 
resented on the committee. 

419. applicants Required to Stiow They are Entitled 
to Relief. All applicants shall be required to prove to the satisfaction 
of the committee that they are entitled to care and relief. The Secretary 
shall notify the lodge of which the brother is a member, of the amount of 
relief granted. 

420. IVIay Request Ttssessment Upon l^odges. For the 
purpose of supplying the necessary funds for carrying into operation the 
objects and duties of this committee, it may from time to time request a 
pro rata assessment upon the several lodges represented; provided, that no 
assessment shall be levied if the committee has one hundred dollars on 
hand available for relief. 

421. Shall Keep IVIinutes. The General Relief Committee 
shall keep accurate minutes of their transactions, and shall make semi- 
annual reports to the several lodges represented, and shall, at the last 
meeting of each term, deliver to their successors all books, papers and 
moneys belonging to the committee. 



DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES. 



Pythian Knighthood had its conception in the exemplification of the 
life test of true friendship existing- between Damon and Pythias. 

Friendship, or mutual confidence, being the strongest bond of union 
between man and man, and only existing where honor has an abiding place, 
is adopted as a foundation principle. 

As the ideal Knight of olden times was the personification of all the 
higher and nobler attributes of man's nature, the candidate for Knighthood 
had to prove himself worthy of acceptance by those who valued friendship, 
bravery, honor, justice, and loyalty. 

The Order of Knights of Pythias — founded in Friendship, Charity and 
Benevolence, which it proclaims as its cardinal principles, strives to gather 
into one mighty fraternity worthy men who appreciate the true meaning of 
friendship; who are cautious in word and act; who love truth; who are 
brave in defending right; whose honor is untarnished; whose sense of jus- 
tice will prevent, to the best of their ability, a personal act or word injuri- 
ous to the worthy; whose loyalty to principle, to family, to friends, to their 
country and to the constituted authority under which they enjoy citizen- 
ship is undoubted, and who, at all times, are prepared to do unto others as 
they would that others should do unto them. 



105 



ORDER OF GRAND CHANCELLOR. 



Hon. W. a. Park, P. G. C, Chairman of Committee, Des Moines, Iowa: 

Knightly Sir and Brother— At the last annual session of the Grand 
Lodge of this Grand Domain, a committee was appointed to "revise and 
codify the Subordinate and Grand Lodge constitutions," of which committee 
you were appointed chairman. 

At the last convention of the Supreme Lodge a new Supreme constitu- 
tion and Supreme Statutes were enacted, which contain a great many mate- 
rial changes in the law of our Order as theretofore in force. It is necessary 
for our Grand Lodge constitution and Subordinate Lodge constitutions and 
the laws of the Order within and for this Grand Domain to conform to the 
changes made, as contained in the Supreme constitution and Statutes, and 
that our laws should be modified to conform thereto at as early a date as 
possible. 

There being some doubt as to the extent of authority vested in your 
committee, our Grand Lodge not having in contemplation the subsequent 
changes in law as made by the Supreme Lodge, and deeming it of great 
importance that our Grand Lodge at its next annual convention be in a 
position to adopt such a constitution and statutes as shall bring our law in 
conformity with the laws adopted by the Supreme Lodge, and considering 
the peculiar circumstances with reference to the appointment of your com- 
mittee and the subsequent changes made by the Supreme Lodge, as hereto- 
fore suggested, creates an exigency calling for the exercise of the powers 
vested in me, I therefore authorize and empower your committee to draft a 
new constitution for the Grand Lodge and Subordinate Lodges; and further, 
to draft statutory laws for the government of the Order within this Grand 
Domain; and that you may report thereof as is directed in the report, the 
adoption of which created your committee. 

Your committee being hereby authorized and empowered to draft such 
laws as by them are deemed necessary to conform the laws of the Grand 
and Subordinate Lodges, and the government thereof, to the Supreme Con- 
stitution and Statutes. I am, 

Very fraternally yours, 

[Signed] " C. E. PICKETT, 

Grand Chancellor. 



106 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE. 



To the Grand Chancellor, Officers and Members of the Grand Lodge, Knights 

of Pythias of the Domain of Iowa: 

Knightly Sirs — In accordance with the authority conferred upon your 
committee by the Grand Chancellor by written communication herewith 
submitted, we have examined the decisions, laws and orders of this 
Domain, as well as the Statutes of other Domains, and formulated Stat- 
utes, which, we believe, in the main, cover all needed legislation. 

We have found it almost impossible to cover every conceivable question 
that has been raised in the past, but we have carefully considered the 
course adopted by the Supreme Lodge of adopting a Constitution and there- 
after enacting Statutes in accordance with and to carry out the provisions 
thereof. We have therefore submitted by another report a Constitution 
which is the basis for the Statutes herewith submitted. It will be seen 
that the purpose of the committee has been to ask this body to adopt a Con- 
stitution which shall govern and control this Domain, and to thereafter 
adopt these Statutes with such modifications as you desire. The Statutes, 
when enacted, will take the place of the Subordinate Lodge Constitution, 
so that hereafter members of Subordinate Lodges, wishing to ascertain 
what the law is, can, by reference to the Constitutions of the Supreme and 
Grand Lodges and the Statutes adopted, determine just what their rights 
are. It will only be necessary for Subordinate Lodges to hereafter adopt such 
brief and necessary By-Laws as may be necessary to carry out any special 
provision that they may wish to enact in addition to the provisions of the 
Statutes herewith submitted. 

It has been said that it is difficult to ascertain what the law of the Order 
is. This arises from the procedure which has been followed for so many 
years. In order to reach a conclusion upon any question, it has been neces- 
sary for those in authority to investigate all the decisions from the organ- 
ization of the Grand Lodge to the present time, and from the mass thereof 
determine the law. We find that in many Domains this practice is contin- 
ued. By the enactment of Statutes, the multiplicity of the law is increased. 
We have, therefore, after mature consideration, recommended and pro- 
vided in the Statutes submitted, that all existing legislation, orders and 
decisions be repealed upon the adoption of the Statutes. We have, how- 
ever, provided that certain laws and orders shall remain in force, in the 
event any of them have been violated prior to the adoption of the Statutes^ 

107 



108 BEPORT OF COMMITTEE. 

so that punishment for such violation can hereafter be enforced. It has 
been the hope of this committee to be able to fix a starting point at which 
the legislation in this Domain shall commence anew. 

Your committee has not had sufficient time to submit perfect statutes, 
even if it were possible for them to do so. The members have labored 
diligently to present to this body in the brief time they have had at their 
command, a basis of enactment that will give this Grand Lodge and the 
subordinate lodges a safe and efficient code of laws by which the rights of 
every individual member are amply defined and the Order fully protected. 
It is apparent to your committee that if the Statutes submitted, or any 
other in lieu thereof, are adopted, great care should be had in printing 
them. There should be prepared and printed a comprehensive index, 
under the supervision of some one famili r with the statutes, and who 
appreciates the requirements of an index. 

In this connection we wish to suggest that we find in looking over the 
volumes of the Grand Lodge reports, that it is almost impossible to gain 
any information from the indexes, and without criticising any officer of the 
past, this committee believes that it is high time that at least one intelli- 
gent index, not only of our Grand Lodge proceedings, but of the statutes, 
should be put forth to the Pythians of this State. 

We therefore submit this report with all its imperfections, and trust 
that this body may use wisdom in the consideration of the various impor- 
tant matters involved therein. 

Respectfully and fraternally submitted, 

WILLIAM A. PARK, 
ELBERT W. WEEKS, 
HERBERT T. GRANGER, 
JOHN B. WHITE, 
J. U. SAMMIS. 



RULES OF PRACTICE 



OF THE 



Grand Tribunal, Knights of Pytliias. 
Domain of Iowa. 



ADOPTED AUGUST 24, 



ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. 

1. Pleadings, hearing's and trials, except as by Rule or Statute other- 
wise provided, shall be governed by the rules and procedure of the courts 
of record of Iowa. 

2. The moving party seeking relief of the Grand Tribunal, shall be 
known as the " Plaintiff." 

3. The party against whom the complaint is made, shall be known as 
the " Defendant." 

4. The statement of facts presented by the plaintiff, and upon which 
he founds his prayer for relief, shall be known as the " Petition." 

5. Defendant's statement of facts, upon which he relies as a defense 
to the allegations of the petition, shall be known as the " Answer." 

6. A demurrer may be filed upon the grounds that the facts alleged 
are not sufficient to constitute an offense, or cause of action, or a defense, 
provided that the grounds of demurrer shall be specifically set out. 

7. The plaintiff may file a reply when some matter is alleged in the 
answer to which the plaintiff claims to have a defense, by reason of the 
existence of some fact which avoids the matter alleged in the answer. 

In other cases, the facts stated in the answer shall be deemed denied 
without further pleading. 

8. Whenever an objection is made to the contents of any pleading 
filed in a cause, which cannot be reached by a demurrer, it may be objected 
to by motion. 

9. Amendment to pleadings may be made, but after plea, demurrer or 
answer, it must be for good cause shown, and the party seeking to make 

109 



110 RULES OF 

the amendment must serve the opposite party with a copy of the proposed 
amendment at least one day before filing the same, except when the Tri- 
bunal is in session. 

10. All pleadings shall be legibly written or printed, and in addition to 
the original as many copies thereof shall be filed with the Recorder as 
there are parties to be served therewith under these Rules and the Statutes. 

11. No petition or other pleading which embraces a statement of facts 
upon which an action or defense is based, shall be filed or considered, 
unless such pleading be verified by the pledge of honor of the party so 
pleading, and substantially in the manner and form following, to-wit : 

" The Order of the Knights of Pythias, within the Domain of the Grand 

Lodge of Iowa : 

"I (name of party) ..- the (plaintiff or defendant) in 

the foregoing (style of pleading) named, upon my honor as a 

Knight, do hereby affirm that I have read the foregoing (style of 

pleading,) and know the contents thereof, and that I verily believe 

that the statements therein made, are true and accurate. 

"Witness my hand and pledge of honor, this day of A. D. 

189.. P. P. XXX 

"Signed " 

If the pleading be in the name of a Subordinate Lodge, or a Grand 
Lodge, the verification shall be made by the Chancellor Commander or the 
Grand Chancellor, as the case may be, and shall be attested by the Keeper 
of Records and Seal, or the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, as the case 
may be, with the seal of the lodge attached. 

12. The plaintiff in his petition shall state the place of residence and 
usual postoffice address of the defendant, and each of them if there be 
more than one. If the defendant be a Subordinate Lodge or a Grand 
Lodge, the plaintiff shall state in his petition the name of the Chancellor 
Commander, or the Grand Chancellor, as the case may be, and his place of 
residence, and usual postoffice address. The plaintiff shall also state in his 
petition, his own place of residence and usual postoffice addres?, the name, 
number and location of the lodge of whi^h he is a member, and, if the 
plaintiff be a Subordinate or a Grand Lodge, the name of the Chancellor 
Commander or Grand Chancellor, as the case may be, with his place of 
residence and usual postoffice address. 

13. When the petition has been properly filed with the requisite copies 
thereof, the Recorder shall, without unnecessary delay, deliver or forward 
a copy thereof, duly authenticated over his official signature and the seal 
of the Grand Tribunal, to each party defendant by registered letter, 
together with a written notice that ten days thereafter, the cause therein 
described will be entered upon the docket of the Grand Tribunal, which 
said notice shall be in manner and form substantially as follows, to-wit : 



PRACTICE. Ill 

"TAe Order of Knights of Pythias in the Grand Tribunal : 

"In the name of the Grand Chancellor of the Order of Knights of Pythias, 
Domain of Iowa, Greeting- : 

'• To (Name of defendant or defendants) defendant 

you are hereby notified that { name of plaintiff or plaintiff's ) 

plaintiff' has filed a petition addressed to the Grand Tribunal of the Order 
of Knights of Pythias, Domain of Iowa, complaining of you. the said 

(name of defendant or defendants) as defendant-., and 

praying that relief be granted in the premises by the Grand Tribunal, a 
duly authenticated copy of which petition, as the same remains on file and 
of record^ is attached hereto. You are hereby required to plead to said 
petition on or before ten days after the date hereof, at the expiration of 
which time said cause will be placed upon the trial docket of said Grand 
Tribunal, and stand for hearing. 

" Witness, the Honorable Chief Tribunal of the Grand 

Tribunal of Iowa, Knights of Pythias, this day of A. D. 

189.., P. P. XXX 

[ SEAL. ] "Signed 

^'Recorder.''' 

Such notification shall be of the date of the actual service or mailing 
thereof. 

14. Immediately upon the filing of any pleading, demurrer or motion, 
the Recorder shall, by personal service or by registered letter, notify the 
adverse party or parties of such fact, and such notification shall be of the 
date of the actual mailing or service thereof. The Recorder shall furnish 
such party or parties with an authenticated copy or copies of such pleading, 
demurrer or motion. 

15. The plaintiff shall have ten days after the date of the service or 
mailing of the Recorder's notice to him of the filing of the defendant's 
answer within which to reply thereto, and either party may then proceed to 
take testimony. 

16. Demurrers and interlocutory motions may be heard, considered and 
ruled upon at chambers; and for the purpose of expediting pending causes, 
the Chief Tribune may make and enter his order as of the Grand Tribunal, 
requiring the parties to submit their arguments in writing upon such 
demurrer or interlocutory motions, filing six copies of the same in the office 
of the Recorder on or before a day in such order to be named. Immediate 
notice of such order shall be given by the Recorder to the parties to the 
record, personally or by registered letter. Upon the pleadings and argu- 
ments so filed, and the concurrence of three of the Tribunes, the rule of the 
Grand Tribunal may be made and entered at chambers. 

17. The trial of causes shall be governed and conducted in accordance 
with the usually accepted rules of evidence, in civil cases of courts of 
record. 



112 RULES OF 

18. The substantial rights of the parties shall at all times be considered 
a matter within the discretion of the Grand Tribunal as against any hard- 
ship imposed by technical rules. 

19. The time for filing pleadings may be extended by agreement of the 
parties, or by permission granted by the Tribunal, or by the Chief Tribune 
in vacation or ranking Tribune in case of the absence or inability to act of 
the Chief Tribune, for good cause shown. 

20. Where a real controversy actually exists between two or more par- 
ties, the subject matter of which controversy is within the original or 
exclusive jurisdiction of the Grand Tribunal, the parties may submit the 
case to the Grand Tribunal upon an agreed statement of the facts and of the 
issues in the case. Such record in all cases shall be reduced in writing, 
signed by all parties thereto, and shall contain: 

(a) A clear and succinct statement of all the facts which pertain to the 
controversy. 

(b) A concise statement of the questions at issue between the parties. 

(c) A pledge of the parties upon their Knightly honor that the contro- 
versy is a real one, and actually exists, and that the same is submitted in 
good faith for the judgment of the Tribunal. 

(d) It must show that the parties submitting the same embrace all par- 
ties that are materially interested in the questions involved. 

(e) If a Subordinate Lodge be a party it must be signed by the Chancel- 
lor Commander, attested by the Keeper of Records and Seal, under the seal 
of the lodge. If a Grand Lodge, it must be signed by the Grand Chancel- 
lor, attested by the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, under the seal of 
the Grand Lodge. 

(/) It must show the residence and post-office address of each party, and 
in the case of a Subordinate Lodge, its number and location. 

APPELLATE JURISDICTION. 

21. Transcripts of the record submitted to the Grand Tribunal on 
appeal or proceedings in error, shall be authenticated by the officer charged 
with the custody of the official record in manner and form substantially as 
follows, to-wit: 

^^The Order of the Knights of Pythias, within the Domain of the Grand 
Lodge of Iowa: 

"I, (name and style of officer) 

hereby certify that the foregoing pages contain a full, true and correct 

transcript of the record in the case of (name plaintiff) 

vs. (name of defendant) lately pending in 

(name of Tribunal in which case was tried) as the same remains 

of record and on file in my office. 

"In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand (and affixed the seal 

of ) this the dayof , A. D. 18 ._- P. P 

[Seal.] "Signed , 

"(Official title) " 



PRACTICE. jjg 

If the certifying officer be tlie official custodian of the seal of his loda-e 

^2. Service of notices upon the adverse partv of the filino- of the tran 
script and assignment of errors and the making of application forThe writ 
of error, shall be by leaving with the adverse party personally, or i( the 

pfetr:: '"of' u : '"'"'' '''°"'*' "^ P'"'^'^'''» "»«-• '^ ^'^"^ "•- - -l com- 
plete copy of such assignment of errors, together with a written notice of 

the time and place of filing the same, and making application for awrit o 

error; or service maybe had by sending by registered letter the copy of the 

assignment of errors and notice aforesaid to the adverse party or if the 

ll7'ir^ : ''"^-'' *° *'^^ P'<^^'^'°» °»=«r thereof, at the usual post- 
office address of such party or presidiag officer ^ 

„1»W-ff^"'''° ten days after the filing of the assignment of errors the 

E- r;,s: •ii^^:;i^ ts:::s:z riri-r: ^ 

sime ttme ser . ^<">^^^'' six copies of his brief and shall at the 

for the filing of briefs a ™,L ^.^ Whenever the time has expired 

all respectsM H b tefs had b-n Al^rf '/ "" "^^^"^ '^"^"-^ - 
upon the merits there^ astetn"ted 'thfrer^rt'e G^d T T". 
- may dismiss the same for a failure to file briefs "^"°^^ 

25. A party who has failed or refused tn fil» >,„■ t 
these rules, cannot be heard on the prefen ation of L ''' "^"^'"'^ ''^ 

f::::':hrn-^^^ --^^ ^^ permissiorrrr^d^T^rrirs:^ 
Off darartttrn^of rir ?-:: -f tf i ^ r- 

Tribunal. -Lnounal below the mandate of the Grand 

theRecorrrthtu'n'orrthe^r:-'"' ' '"^' ^"'^•"^'''' -'^- - 'decree. 
Of the decision of the Grl^dTri;,::" "''"'' " '''''--"--ys of record 



8 



114 RULES OF 

29. Applications for rehearing shall be by petition addressed to the 
Grand Tribunal, signed by the party or his attorney of record, which peti- 
tion shall briefly state the points wherein it is alleged that the Gr^d Tri- 
bunal has erred. Such petition shall be filed within ten days after receiving 
official notice by the Recorder that the decision complained of has been 
rendered, and shall be accompanied by six copies of a printed or legibly 
written brief of the points and authorities relied upon. 

30. The filing of a petition for rehearing shall not suspend proceedings 
under the decision complained of, unless the Grand Tribunal or three of the 
Tribunes thereof in vacation shall so order. 

31. If a petition for a rehearing be ordered, the Grand Tribunal may 
require that the adverse party shall be served with a copy of the petition 
and brief by the moving party forthwith and the adverse party shall have 
such time within which to answer the petition and brief of the petitioner 
as the Grand Tribunal may direct. 

32. Briefs shall contain [a] an orderly and concise statement of the 
facts as understood by thfe parties filing the same, [h) a statement of the 
contention between the parties, and (c) a concise argument of the points 
presented with the citation of such authorities as the party may think 
proper. Said briefs shall be signed by the i3arties presenting the same, 
giving the name of the party in whose interest it is presented. 

THE RECORDER. 

33. The duties of the Recorder, except as may be hereinafter specific- 
ally provided, shall be such as are usually incident to the office of clerk of 
a court of law, so far as the same "are applicable to the transactions, busi- 
ness and affairs of the Grand Tribunal. 

34. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the Recorder of 
the Grand Tribunal shall take and subscribe to the following obligation: 

"I, (name of the Recorder) having been 

appointed Recorder of the Grand Tribunal, Domain of Iowa, do solemnly 
pledge my Knightly honor that I will support the Grand and Supreme 
Constitution of the Order of Knights of Pythias, and that I will faithfully 
perform and discharge all duties of Recorder of the Grand Tribunal to the 
best of my ability. So help me God." 

This obligation may be administered by any member of the Grand Tri- 
bunal and shall be filed among the official records of the Grand Tribunal. 

35. The Recorder under the direction of the Grand Tribunal, shall be 
the custodian of the seal, archives, records and files of the Grand Tribunal 
and under its direction, shall provide for the safety and proper preserva- 
tion thereof. 

36. The Recorder is authorized to make and certify to, over the seal of 
the Grand Tribunal, transcripts of the records of the Grand Tribunal, and 
copies of the original papers on file in the office of the Recorder, and shall 



PRACTICE. 115 ' 

be entitled to charge and collect therefor at the rate of fifteen cents per 
folio, for such transcripts or copies which fee shall include certification. 

37. The Recorder shall endorse on all papers or documents filed with 
him the date of such filing. 

38. The Recorder shall keep in his office a docket, in which he shall 
enter as of the date of receipt a brief memorandum of all petitions, trans- 
cripts and assignments of error filed in his office, together with the names 
of parties and addresses, names of attorneys and addresses, nature of action, 
date of notice to the defendant of the pendency of causes, date of '"docket- 
ing," made under the Statute, notices sent, action of Tribunal in brief, upon 
interlocutory and main questions, so as to form a chronological brief of the 
history of the cause from the date of the filing of the petition to the entry 
of final judgment, decree or final order. He shall also keep a journal of 
the proceedings of the Grand Tribunal, in which shall be recorded the 
official rules, orders and acts of the Grand Tribunal both in term time and 
vacation. Such journal when approved by the Tribunal and signed by the 
Chief Tribune, shall be the official record of the Tribunal. The Recorder 
shall keep such other books of record and account as may be necessary or 
advisable for the proper record and conduct of the affairs of the Grand 
Tribunal and the Recorder's office. All of the books aforenamed shall con- 
stitute a part of the records of the Grand Tribunal and be subject to its 
directions and control. 

39. At least ten days prior to any special sitting of the Grand Tribunal 
the Recorder shall officially notify the Grand Chancellor and parties in 
causes pending before it of the time when and the place where such sitting 
of the Grand Tribunal will be held. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

40. In all cases either party may be represented by counsel of his own 
selection, who shall be a member of the Order in good standing. 

41. All notices required to be given by these rules, may be served upon 
tke proper attorney of record, if the party or parties be represented by 
attorney, to the same effect as if served upon the party or parties individ- 
ually. All such notices may be served by the party whose duty it is to give 
notice, or at his request the same may be served by any Knight of Pythias 
in good standing, who shall certify in his return thereof, upon his pledge of 
honor as to the date, hour and manner of such service, and to his standing 
in the Order, and upon whose request said service has been made. 

42. Proof of service of notices required to be given by these rules and 
the Statutes may be by the written acknowledgment of the party served ; 
or the return, in writing, upon pledge of honor, by the party making the 
service, reciting the particulars of such service as to time, place, manner 
and parties. If the service be had by registered letter, in addition to the 
return aforesaid, all registry receipts must be attached thereto. 



116 RULES OF PRACTICE. 

43. The records of the Grand Tribunal, including files of cases, shall be 
open to inspection by parties in interest, and in no case shall the records be 
removed or the files withdrawn, in whole or in part, from the office of the 
Recorder except upon the order of the Grand Tribunal, or the writte n 
order of a Grand Tribune. 

44. The reg-ular sittings of the Grand Tribunal shall be held on the day 
just prior to the first session of the convention of the Grand Lodge in each 
year at ten o'clock A. M., and shall be held at the place of holding the Grand 
Lodge convention for that year. 

45. Special sittings may be called by the Chief Tribune at such other 
times and places as in his discretion may be necessary for the dispatch of 
business, and shall be so called by him when requested so to do by three 
Tribunes. 

46. Testimony for use upon a trial before the Grand Tribunal may be 
either oral or by depositions. Depositions may be taken upon reasonable 
notice to the adverse party or parties of the time and place of taking the 
same, or upon commission with interrogatories attached. A commission 
may be issued by the Recorder upon the same notice, and in the same man- 
ner as provided by the Code of Iowa for the issuance of a commission to 
take depositions in civil cases. A commissioner to take such depositions 
shall be appointed in writing by a Grand Tribune ; provided, that such com- 
missioner must be a Past Chancellor of the Order. 

47. Members of the Order shall testify under the obligation as set out 
in Section 379 of the Statute, which may be administered by a Tribune, or 
by the Recorder. When a member of the Order gives his testimony by 
deposition, the said obligation shall be administered to him by the commis- 
sioner taking the testimony. 

48. The foregoing rules may be amended, changed, modified, repealed 
or suspended at the discretion of the Grand Tribunal. 

H. T. GRANGER, 

Chief Tribune. 
E. W. WEEKS, 
J. U. SAMMIS, 
J. B. WHITE, 
B. MURPHY, 

Grand Tribunes. 



Index to Statutes. 



Statutes are designated by Paragraphs and Sections. Index refers to Paragraphs 

and Sections. 

SECTION. 

ABSENCE— 

Officer may be removed for, when 181 

ACCUSED— 

Must have due notice of charges 364 

Must file answer within one week 368 

Must be served with notice of trial 367 

May appeal to Grand Tribunal, when 391 

AGE- 

Dispensation required for applicants over fifty years of 44 

Of applicant not to be under twenty-one or over fifty years 207 

Must be stated in application 209 

AID— 

Appeals for, must be approved by the Grand Chancellor 412 

"What appeals for, not to be approA'^ed by Grand Chancellor 414 

ANNIVERSARY— 

Of the Order. February 19, established as 4j04 

APPEALS- 

To Grand Lodge from Impeachment 78 

9 To Grand Lodge from Grand Tribunal, when 78 

Either party may have, from decree of Grand Ti'lbunal, when 94 

General, allowed to Grand Tribunal, when ,129 

In case of, transcript of the Record must be sent up 130 

Must be made In twenty days, when 131 

Cases of, may be tried de novo 145 

Procedure in, to Grand Tribunal 129 

May be amended 135 

APPLICANT— 

Ballot on, for new Lodge 159 

Qualifications of 207 

Must reside In State six months 207 

Must sign application 210 

Objected to after election, how may be stopped 215 

Elected, forfeits fees after six weeks. 219 



118 INDEX TO 



SECTION 

APPLICA.TION— 

Fees must accompany 210 

Must be referred to Investigating Committee 211 

Committee must report on, when 313 

Must be balloted on 213 

Ballot on, bow taken 314 

Ballot on, can not be reconsidered 316 

Rejected, fees must be returned 217 

Can not be withdrawn after report of Committee 318 

For Transfer Card, how made 233 

For membership by Transfer Card, how made 233 

For "Withdrawal Card, how made 240 

For membership by deposit of Card, how made '. — 245 

APPEOPRI\TIONS— 

Trustees to recommend amounts of 15 

APPEOVAL- 

By-laws of Subordinate Lodge subject to Committee on Judiciai-y 38 

ARREARS- 

What constitutes 233 

Assessments added to dues may put member in — 237 

Member in. shall be suspended, when '. — 386 

Penalty for 266 

ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT— 

When preferred 64 

Who to try persons impeached 65 

What shall contain 63 

ASSEMBLY— 

In Council of oflScers 35 

By Grand Chancellor 35 

At such times and places as Grand Chancellor may designate 36 

Five officers a quorum 36 

To elect officers 41 

ASSESSMENTS- 

May be levied for sick and funeral benefits and nurse hire 237 

May be added to dues and cause suspension 337 

Suspended member not liable for 338 

BALLOT— 

On Applicants for new lodge 159 

Mixst be taken on application for initiation 213 

Mode of taking 214 

Who challenges, in case of controversy 214 

Cannot be reconsidered or renewed 3L6 

Result of, must not be discussed • — 218 

BARTENDERS- 

Can not be admitted to the Order 207 

Penalty for becoming 339 



GRAND STATUTES. 119 

BENEFITS— ' SECTION 

Lodges may levy assessments to pay sick and funeral 227 

Lodges must pay funeral not less than 120 259 

When more than minimum, how may be expended 260 

Lodges shall be sole judges as to expenditure amount over minimum 260 

Suicide no cause for refusing 952 

Lodges may pay sick 2g3 

Member acquitted after trial entitled to 26T 

BLACKBALL- 

One, required to reject applicant 213 

BONDS- 

Of Grand Keeper of Records and Seal Par. 5 13 

Of Grand Master of Exchequer 7 

Of Master of Finance I94 

Of Master of Exchequer 198 

BUSINESS- 

Order of. in Grand Lodge 115 

Of Subordinate Lodge conducted in Knight Rank \... 169 

Order of, in Subordinate Lodges 324 

BY-LAWS- 

Lodges may make, consistent with Supreme or Grand Law 320 

Amendments to. may be amended when on passage 321 

First reading of amendments to. when 322 

Must be approved by Grand Chancellor 323 

CANDIDATE- 

(See RANKS OF KNIGHTHOOD.) 
CHAI^OELLOR COMMANDER- 

May call special Conventions of Lodge , 168 

Duties of ' 190 

May call Knight to chair to confer Ranks 233 

Shall declare members suspended, when 228 

Is executive officer, being absent who shall preside 190 

Must have custody of the Rituals 297 

Shall not permit Rituals to be taken from the Lodge room 298 

May transpose "Order of Business," when 324 

Shall receive semi-annual password from Deputy 326 

Shall communicate S. A. P. W. on order therefor, when ^ 328 

Shall take up and destroy the order therefor, when 3.30 

May be tried for official misconduct, how 358 

Charges against, must be preferred by two members a59 

Manner of procedure in trial of 360 

When tried by Grand Tribunal, Lodges to be notified of verdict 361 

CHARGES- 

Who may prefer against Grand Lodge officers 83 

G. C. must enforce decrees of Grand Tribunal by Par. 2 2 

Shall be in writing and specify offense clearly 83 

Any aggrieved member may prefer and prosecute, when 357 

Officer under may officiate, when 183 

Suspended member liable to, when. 2.30 



120 INDEX TO 

SECTION 

CHARGES— Continued— 

Against Chancellor Commander, how preferred 359 

Against Chancellor Commander, how tried 358 

Against member, or oiHcer, may be prosecuted openly 363 

Against member or officer, may be commenced privately 363 

Answer to, must be filed within one week 368 

And specifications may be amended, when 383 

By member of another lodge, how presented 355 

CHARTER— 

Fee 106 

Shall not be issued in name of living person 374 

Issued to Lodges, by Grand Lodge, after making one return 375 

On whose recommendation issued 376 

Lodges must apply for, when 377 

Being issued, vacates Warrant 378 

Lost or destroyed. Duplicate may be issued 379 

Convention of Subordinate Lodge not legal, without 380 

Cannot be surrendered if seven'members vote against 281 

"When suspended, duty of officers of Lodse 383 

Of Lodge guilty of disloyal or disreputable conduct, suspended when 383 

Cannot be suspended without trial , 384 

May be restored by the Grand Lodge 385 

When restoied, status of members of Lodge 285 

When suspended, property of Lodge reverts to Grand Lodge 287 

Shall be revoked for displaying Emblems of Order in Saloon, etc 351 

Shall be revoked for holding Sunday Excursions, etc 353 

Shall be revoked for using liquors at Entertainments, etc 354 

CHIEF tribune- 
How selected ' 116 

To preside when G. C. impeached 70 

Preside at trial of other officers 87 

CODE OF PROCEDURE— 
(See TRIALS.) 

COMMITTEES OF GRAND LODGE— 

Standing, appointed by Grand Chancellor Par. 17 3 

On Credentials, five members Par. 17 3 

Duties of 21 

On Fraternal Correspondence, five members Par. 17 3 

Duties of 33 

On Grievance^, five members Par. 18 3 

Duties of 25 

On Judiciary, five members Par. 17 3 

Duties of 20 

On Mileage and Per Diem, five members. Par. 17 3 

Duties of 33 

On Printing Par. 17 3 

Duties of 30 

On Reports, five members Par. 18 3 

Duties of 36 

On Warrants and Charters Par. 17 2 

Duties of 27 

On By-Laws Par . 17 2 



GRAND STATUTES. 121 

SECTION 

COMMITTEES OF GRA.ND LODGE— Continued— 

Duties of 28 

On Rules Par. 18 2 

Duties of 29 

"When may hold meetings 32 

Empowered to send for persons and papers, when 32 

Reports of, how must be made 34 

Special, appointed by Grand Chancellor, when 31 

Distribution of oflScers' reports Par. 18 2 

Duties of 24 

COIMMITTEES OF SUBORDINATE LODGE— 

To recanvass vote in case of contest 179 

Auditing, appointed, when 204 

Dvities of 204 

Of Investigation on applicant 211 

Report of, admitted, when 212 

Of Investigation on protest against applicant ' 215 

Of In vestigaiion on applicant by Transfer Card 236 

Of Investigation on applicant for reinstatement 250 

On Investigation when charges are preferred 363 

Report of 363 

COMPENSATION— 

Of committees 95 

Of Grand Keeper of Records and Seal Par. 17 5 

Of Grand Master of Exchequer 12 

Of Representatives 95 

CONTEST— 

Of election, how conducted 179 

CONVENTIONS- 

Special, of Grand Lodge called, when 37 

Regular, of Subordinate Lodge 167 

Special, of Subordinate Lodge 168 

COUNCIL- 

(See GRAND COUNCIL.) 

COUNSEL— 

Parties entitled to ' 140 

Parties entitled to before tribunal 88 

COURTS— 

Members must not resort to, when 271 

CREDENTIALS— 

Committees on, appointed Par. 17 2 

Duties of 21 

Form of, for Past Chancellor 113 

Form of, for Grand Representative 187 

OUBES- 

To be considered as blackballs, when 213 



122 INDEX TO 

SECTION- 
DEPUTY GRAND CHANCELLOR- 

Jurisdiction defined 46 

May be removed by the Grand Chancellor 47 

Shall be commissioned by Grand Chancellor 47 

Cannot delegate his authority, exception 48 

Sball institute new Lodges, when 48 

Shall install officers of Subordinate Lodges 48 

May grant dispensation to confer three Ranks • Par. 7 44 

Shall have authority to issue dispensation to confer Rank only 49 

Expenses paid 99 

DEPUTY AT LARGE- 

Appointment ■. 16 

Authority 17 

Visit Lodges 17 

Compensation 18 

Expenses 19-99 

DEPOSITION— 

May be taken on trial of a Grand Officer 86 

Compe tent evidence 393 

Admitted, subject to objection ... 394 

How taken 39S 

DIPLOMAS OF RANK OR HONOR- 

For Knight 407 

For Past Chancellor 408 

For Past Grand Representative 409 

Illegal, except when 411 

DISPENSATIONS- , 

May be granted by the Grand Chancellor 44 

To confer the three Ranks at same convention, fee, f 2. Par. 1 44 

To confer the Ranks on persons over fifty years of age Par. 3 44 

To confer the Ranks on maimed persons Par. 3 44 

To change place of meeting of Subordinate Lodge Par. 4 44 

To change night of meeting Par. 5 44 

To permit Lodges to meet at longer intervals than one week Par. 6 44 

To have public parades, celebrations, etc Par. 7 44 

Must not parade without 45 

Deputy may grant to confer three Ranks Par. 7 44 

DUES— 

Every member shall pay 234 

Begin with initiation 335 

Shall be paid quarterly 225 

When in arrears for, procedure previous to suspension 327-228 

Status of member suspended for 229 

Cannot be collected from suspended member 229 

Applicant for Transfer Card must pay three months in advance 233 

Suspended for non-payment of dues, not liable for 339 

ELECTIONS— 

Of Grand Officers, how conducted 50-56 

Of Officers of Subordinate Lodges, when held 170 

Of Trustees of Subordinate Lodges 171 



GR.^ND STATUTES. 123 

SECTION 

ELECTIONS— Continued— 

Of Officers of Subordinate Lodge, how conducted 172-186 

To fill vacancy in Subordinate Lodge, how conducted 183 

Grand Officers by ballots 50 

When held 50 

How held 53-59 

No tickets used excep t those furnished 53 

Nominations, when made 51 

Majority to elect 57 

Subordinate Lodge 172 186 

"Office" and "Officer " refer to Ritualistic 172 

Any Knight eligible 173 

' All separately elected 176 

Tellers apoointed 177 

Candidate receiving lowest vote dropped 178 

Ballots upon demand sealel up 179 

ELIGIBILITY— 

Any Knight in good standing, eligible to any office 173 

EMBLEMS OF THE OT?DER— 

Must not be displayed in saloons 351 

ESQUIRE- 

Mubt pay dues 224 

In good standing, when 228 

EVIDENCE— 

" On trial of impeachments, how taken 68 

On trial of Grand Officer, how taken 86 

Competent 393 

Admissibility of, determined by Lodge 394 

Record of conviction in Grand or Supreme Tiibunal, competent 398 

Member refusing to give, subject to discipline 401 

EXPULSION— 

Penalty for member violating pledges 332 

Penalty for member violating laws of country 333 

Penalty for scandalizing Grand Lodae, etc 334 

Penalty for refusing to obey Grand Lodge law, etc .335 

Penalty for violating Grand Lodge law, etc 336 

Penalty for violating Subordinate laws, etc 337 

Penalty for becoming gambler, saloonkeeper, etc 338 

Penalty for member hereinafter initiated becoming gambler, etc 339 

Penalty for violating laws, obligations of the Order, etc 340 

Penalty for malfeasance in office 341 

Penalty for refusing to obey mandate of Grand Tribunal 342 

Penalty for obstructing mandate of Grand Tribunal 343 

Penalty for renouncing the Order 347 

Penalty for using name of Order for lotteries, etc 349 

Penalty for using name of Order for advertising, etc 350 

Penalty for using name of Order in saloon, etc 351 

Penalty for wearing uniform in disreputable place«, etc 352 

Penalty for Sunday Excursions, Entertainments, etc 353 

Penalty for using wines, liquors, etc., at entertainments, etc 3.54 



124 INDEX TO 

SECTION 

FEES— 

For Dispensation to confer three Eanks at same convention 44 

For Applicants for new Lodge 158 

Must accompany application for Eanks 210 

Must be returned in case of rejection 317 

For Eanks may be forfeited, when 319 

No part of, to be refunded 333 

For issue of Transfer Card 338 

For Withdrawal Card 239 

For Grand Lodge Card 243 

For Eanks of Knighthood, not less than $15 390 

For Eanks must be paid in advance 391 

Belong to general fund 393 

FINES- 

Imposed by Grand Tribunal, to whom paid 14"^ 

FISCAL YEAE- 

Termdeflned 406 

FOEMS AND BLA^NKS— 

For Past Chancellor's Credential 113 

For Grand Eepresentative's Credential 187 

For application for membership 209 

For permission to apply for reinstatement 258 

For charges when prosecuted openly 363 

For report of Committee on Investigation of charges, Form "B" 363 

For charges prepared by Investigating Committee Form "C" 363 

For endorsement of service of notice to accused ^ 365 

For answer to charges 368 

FEATEENAL COEEESPONDENCE— . 

Committee on, appointed Par. 17 3 

Duties of 32 

FUNDS— 

Expenditures of Grand Lodge, how made 107, 108 

Of Subordinate Lodge, how derived, purpose and use of 293 

Special, may be established 293 

Special, how may be used ? 294 

Special, how accumulated 395 

Special, if discontinued to be credited to General 296 

GAMBLEE, PEOFESSIONAL- 

Can not be admitted to the Order 207 

Penalty for becoming 338 

GAMBLING HOUSE— 

Penalty for entering in Uniform, Jewels, etc ' 352 

GIFT ENTEEPEISE- 

Penalty for using name of Order In, etc 348 

GOOD STANDING— 

In Subordinate Lodge, defined 231 

In Grand Lodge, defined 416 



GRAND STATUTES. 125 

SECTION 

GRAlND CHA.NCELLOR— 

Exercise general supervision 2 

Must appoint Standing: Committees Par. 11 2 

Must appoint special committees, when 31 

Must assemble Council of Grand Officers, when 35 

Selects time and place of meeting of Grand Council 36 

Must call special convention of Grand Lodge, when . 37 

Vacancy in office of 38 

May be impeached, when 63-64 

Shall preside on impeachment of Grand Tribune 69 

When impeached shall be suspended from office • 70 

Shall fill vacancy in Grand Tribunal in case of impeachment 74 

Two-thirds vote required to convict when impeached 76 

May grant dispensations, for what purposes 44 

Shall appoint Deputy Grand Chancellors Par. 20 2 

May remove his Deputy Par. 20 2 

Shall commission his Deputies 47 

Shall have an Official Seal Par. 16 2 

Shall nominate Grand Tribunes 124 

Shall fill vacancy in Grand Tribunal 136 

Must enforce judgments of Grand Tribunal Par. 2 2 

Shall issue warrants for, and institute Subordinate Lodges Par. 6 2 

May approve change of time and place of meeting of Subordinate 

Lodges Par.o 44 

May reinstate member of defunct lodge, how 241 

Shall prosecute offenders for breaking the laws 355 

May commission any Knight to act as Counsel, whe n 356 

Appoint Grand Officers pro tern Par. 4 2 

Render opinions Par. 5 2 

Visit Subordinate Lodge Par. 8 2 

Install officers in person or by Deputy Par. 9 2 

Exemplify secret work. .' Par. 10 2 

Expenses when requested to be paid Par. 10 2 

Sign all orders ..... .. ..... Par. 12 2 

Make annual report Par. 13 3 

Shall decl are warrants and charters suspended Par. 15 2 

Appoint standing committees Par. 17 2 

Shall visit Lodges Par. 19 3 

Shall appoint Deputy at Large Par. 22 2 

Shall not delegate authority Par. 23 3 

Perform Ritualistic duties Par. 24 2 

Compensation Par. 25 2 

Shall appoint tellers 56 

Shall appoint Representative, when 63 

Impeachment does not prevent trial 75 

Expenses paid 98 

GRAND CHANCELLOR PRO TEMPORE— 

Who is 39 

GRAND COUNCIL— 

Officers of Grand Lodge to be convened in, when 35 

Time and place of meeting, quorum 36 

ShallelectG.C. and G, V.C, when 41 



126 INDEX TO 

SE TION 

GRA.ND INNER GUARD- 

Duties of 13 

GRAND KEEPER OF RECORDS AND SEAL— 

Accounts of, to be examined semi-annually 15 

Member of Committee on Printing * 30 

Secretary of the Grand Council, ex officio 36-42 

Bond and installation of Par. 12 5 

Duties of 5 

Shall assemble Grand Officers, when 41 

Shall be the Custodian of Seal of Grand Lodge Par. 11 5 

Attend conventions Par. 1 5 

Keep record of proceedings Par. 1 5 

Print and distribute Par. 1 5 

Keep office Par. 2 .5 

Provide same with papers, etc Par. 2 5 

Keep accounts Par. 4 5 

Draw orders Par. 5 5 

Annual report Par. 6 5 

Make annual return to Supreme Lodge Par. 7 5 

Attest Charter- Warrants , Par. 8 5 

Attend committees Par. 9 5 

Forward documents to committees Par. 10 5 

Collect monthly and pay into Exchequer Par. 13 5 

Surrender property Par. 14 5 

Submit to G. C. semi-annual statement Par. 15 5 

Keep detailed account of supplies Par. 16 5 

Compensation Par. 17 5 

Notify officers elected 43 

Prepare tickets 5J 

Prepare duplicate list of lodges 52 

To designate party upon whom notice shall be served. 68 

To attest record of impeachment 77 

Actual expenses paid. 99 

GRAND LODGE— 

Special convention may be called, when 37 

Appeal to by impeached officer 78 

GRAND LOGDE OFFICERS— 

May be called in Council, when 35 

May fill vacancy, when 42 

M ay be removed from office 81 

Who may try 84 

How elected 50 

Suspended during charges 89 

Judgment not to exceed removal from office 90 

Require four votes to remove 91 

Duties of officer removed to fall upon appointee 92 

Have right of appeal 94 

GRAND OUTER GUARD— 

Duties of 13 

GRAND MASTER AT ARMS- 

Duties of 13 



GRAND SLATUTES. 127 

SECTION 

GRAND MASTER OF EXCHEQUER— 

Keep accounts 9 

Accounts of, to be examined semi-annually 15 

Bond and installation of., 7 

Duties of : (> 

Compensation of 12 

Pay orders : 8 

Actual expenses paid 99 

Attend all conventions 10 

Attend committees 11 

GRAND PRELATE- 

Duties of U 

GRAND REPRESENTIVE— 

Vacancy in office of, how filled 184: 

Credential, form of 187 

Must wear JeAvel of, in Grand Lodjre 188 

GRAND TRIBUNAL— 

Shall try impeached Grand Chancellor 65 

Shall try Grand Lodge Officers 84 

Shall have an official seal 107 

Composition, quorum, Chief 116 

Associates, precedence of 117 

Vacancy in office of Chief of, how filled ' 118 

Shall appoint a Recorder and Marshal 120 

Duties of Recorder and Marshal 121 

Shall select a Reporter 122 

■ Compensation of Tribunes and Reporter 96 

Oath of Tribune 119 

May affirm, modify or reverse 137 

May grant rehearing, when 138 

Powers to issue writs 139 

Parties may plead and file papers personally or by attorney 140 

Record corrected how and when 141 

Diminution of Record : 143 

Process may be amended 143 

Power to administer obligation 144 

Punish contempt 144 

Prescribe forms process pleading 146 

Origional action, how commenced 149 

Statement filed 150 

When for hearing : 151 

Form of writs 152 

All writs issued by Recorder 153 

Like causes how disposed of 154 

Amendments allowed 155 

Default when taken 156 

Reporter shall compile and publish such decisions of 133 

How selected, term of service 134 

Sessions, first at Des Moines 127 

Procedure in, when quorum is not present 12;* 

Procedure in appeals to 129-146 

Original and exclusive jurisdiction, procedure in 148 

Failure to obey decrees of, an offense 344 

Resisting or obstructing decrees of, an offense 345 



128 INDEX TO 



GEA.ND TRIBUNE— 

Impeachment of 63-80 

Chief shall preside at impeachment of Grand Chancellor 70 

Obligation of 119 

May issue supersedeas at Chamber 136 

Suspended 73 

GEAND VICE-CHANCELLOR— 

Assume duties of Grand Chancellor, when 38 

Grand Chancellor, pro tempore 39 

Vacancy in office of 40 

Shall act as G. C. when G. C. impeached 74-79 

GRIEVANCES- 

Committee on, appointed . Par . 18 3 

Dutiesof 35 

HONORS. CREDENTIALS FOR- 
( See DIPLOMAS OF HONOR.) 

IMPEACHMENT— 

Of Grand Chancellor 63-80 

Of Grand Tribune , 63-80 

Articles of 64-65-68 

Time of hearing 67 

Notice of 67 

Evidence 68 

Who to preside at 69-70 

Parties may be represented by counsel 71 

Jurisdiction of body 72 

Judgment of Tribunal 73 

Appeal from judgment 78 

INSTALLATION— 

Of Grand Officers 59 

Of Subordinate Lodge officers 180 

INSTITUTION- 

Of Subordinate Lodges, directions for 157-161 

JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS— 

Official Record, to be compiled by G. K. of R. and S Par. 1 5 

JUDICIARY— 

Committee on, appointed Par. 17 3 

Duties of 30 

JURISDICTION— 

Of Grand Lodge 1 

Of Trial Tribunal in impeachments 78 

Grand Tribunal has appellant, when 139 

Grand Tribunal has exclusive, between Lodges 148 

KEEPER OF RECORDS AND SEAL— 

Duties of • • . . 193 

Notify all Lodges in county of rejection and suspension of persons 193 

Must give bond 194 



GRAND STATUTES. 129 

SECTION 

LIQUORS— 

Dealer in, not admitted 207 

Penalty for becoming a dealer in £$28 

LOTTERY- 

Penalty for using name of Order for promotion of, etc 349 

MA.IMED PERSONS- 

May be admitted under dispensation Par. 3 44 

MA.STER AT ARMS— 

Duties of 200 

MASTER OF EXCHEQUER- 

Bond of 196 

Duties of 197 

Accounts of, to be audited 199 

Pay orders 198 

MASTER OF FINANCE- 

Bond of 194 

Duties of 194 

Accounts of, to be audited 195 

MEDICAL EXAMINATION— 

May be required of Applicant 210 

MEMBER— 

In arrears, penalty for '. 266 

Acquitted after trial, restored to previous standing 267 

Must not resort to civil courts to redress grievances 271 

Obtains S. A. P. W. from Chancellor Commander of his Lodge 327 

Obtains S. A. P. W. on order therefor, when 328 

Not entitled to order for S. A. P. W., when 329 

Violating obligations of Rank, guilty of an offense 333 

Violating laws of his country, guilty of an offense 333 

Attempting to defraud or scandalize Grand Lodge, an otfense 334 

Neglecting or refusing to obey Svipreme or Grand Law, an olfense 335 

Refusing obedience to mandates of Grand officer, an otfense 336 

Violating laws of Subordinate Lodge, an offense 337 

Becoming gambler or saloonkeeper, an otfense 338 

Hereafter initiated, becoming gambler or saloonkeeper, an offense 339 

Violating laws and obligations of the Order, an offense 340 

Renouncing the Order, guilty of an offense 347 

Suspended, liable to trial for offenses 230 

Must not use name of Order for lottery, etc 349 

Must not use name of Order for advertising private business 350 

Must not use name of Order in saloon or gaming house 351 

In Uniform, or wearing Jewel, must not enter saloon 352 

Must not use name of Order for Sunday Excursions, etc 353 

Must not give entertainments in name of Order, with wines, etc 354 

Violating this statute shall be punished, how 355 

May prosecute charges under this statute, when 357 

Must be tried in his own Lodge 363 

May prefer charges against, of another Lodge, how 389 

May appeal to Grand Tribunal 391 

9 



130 INDEX TO 

SECTION 

MEMBERSHIP— 

(See APPLICATION, RANKS OF KNIGHTHOOD.) 

MEMBERSHIP BY TRANSFER CARD— 

Application for, how made 233 

MEMBERSHIP BY WITHDRAWAL OARD- 

Application for, how made 240 

MEMORIAL DAY- 

Tuesday following the second Sunday in June, established as 405 

MOTIONS— 

When in order • 58 

NAME OF THE ORDER- 

Must not be used in advertising private business 350 

Must not be used in saloon, gaming house, etc 351 

Must not be used for Sunday Excursions 353 

Must not be used at entertainments, where wines and liquors are used 354 

NEW LODGES— 

Directions for Institution of 157-161 

NOMINATIONS OF- 

Grand Offices, when made 57 

May be made any time prior to ballot in Subordinate Lodge 174 

Shall not be closed, when 175 

To fill vacancy made, when 182 

To fill vacancy in office of Representative 184 

NOTICE— 

Of special conventions of G. L 37 

To accused member, how served 3G4 

Endorsement of, return on, Form " D " 365 

Of charge to the accused, Form "E" 3(57 

Of election to office 43 

Due notice 364 

NURSE HIRE— 

Lodges may levy assessments for - 227 

OFFENSES— 

Member violating obligations of Ranlis of Knighthood, guilty of 332 

Member violating laws of country, guilty of 333 

Member attempting to defraud Grand Lodge, guilty of 334 

Neglecting or refusing to obey Supreme or Grand Law, guilty of 335 

Members refusing to obey laws of Grand Lodge, guilty of 33S 

Members violating laws of Lodge, guilty of 337 

Member becoming gambler, saloonkeeper, bartender, guilty of 338 

Member hereinafter initiated becoming gambler, bartender, guilty of 339 

Member violating any of the laws, obligations, etc., of the Order, guilty of . . 340 

Malfeasance in office, etc., constitutes 341 

Refusal to obey mandate of Grand Tribunal, constitutes an 342 

Obstructing mandates of Grand Tribunal, constitutes an 343-4 

To use name of Order for lotteries, raffles, etc., an 349 

To use the name of the Order for advertising purposes, an 350 



GRAND STATUTES. 131 

SECTION 

OFFENSES— Continued— 

Name and emblems of the Order in saloon, an 351 

Member of Order wearing Uniform or Jewel in saloon, etc., an 353 

Use of name of Order in excursions with wines, liquors, etc., an 344 

Penalties for, under this statute 355 

Renunciation of Order 347 

OFFICERS— 

Election of Grand Lodge 50-.58 

Installation of Grand Lodge 59 

Election of, in Subordinate Lodge, when held 170 

Any Knight, eligible to be 173 

Nominations for, made any time before ballot 174 

Elective, requires majority vote 176 

When to be installed... 180 

May be removed for absence from meetings 181 

Undercharges, may officiate when 183 

To fill vacancy, when to be installed 185 

Of Subordinate Lodge, how tried 363 

ORDER OF BUSINESS- 

In Grand Lodge 115 

In Subordinate Lodge 324 

PAGES— 

Must pay dues, when 224 

In good standing, when 228 

PARA.DES- 

Lodges must not make without Dispensation 45 

PASS WORDS— 

(See SEMI-AMNUAL PASS WORDS.) 

PAST CHANCELLOR— 

Credential, form for 113 

In good standing, when 416 

PER CAPITA TAX— 

Lodges must pay on every unsuspended Knight 105 

Must be sent to Grand Lodge with report 105 

PRELATE- 

To inspect the ballot in case of disagreement 214 

PRESIDING OFFICER— 

Other than G. C 268 

PRINTING— 

Committee on, appointed • Par. 17 2 

Duties of , 30 

PROPERTY— 

Of suspended Lodge, must be delivered to Grand Chancellor 88 

Received from suspended Lodge, restored, when 2a5 

Of suspended Lodge, disposition of 287 



132 INDEX TO 

SECTION 
PKOSEOUTIONS- 

May be commenced openly 363 

May be commenced privately 363 

PEOSEOUTOK- 

Member preferring shall be 363 

May appeal from decision of Trial Committee 391 

PEOTEST- 

Against conferring Eanks, by member of Lodge 215 

PYTHIAN PEEIOD— 

When commences 403 

Term, how used 402 

QUOEUM— 

Of Grand Council 36 

EAFFLES— 

Must not be conducted in name of the Order 349 

EANKS OF KNIGHTHOOD- 

Fees for, in New Lodge 158 

Eligibility for 206 

Form of application for 209 

Fees must accompany application for 310 

Application for, must be referred to Investigating Committee 213 

Application for, shall be reported on, in two weeks 213 

Ballot on application for 213 

Manner of taking ballot on application for 214 

Protest against Conferring, by members 215 

Ballot for, cannot be reconsidered 316 

Application for, rejected, notice sent to sister Lodges 217 

Application for, cannot be withdrawn, or ballot discussed 217 

Applicant for, forfeits fee. when 219 

May be conferred on member of another lodge, when 220 

One week must elapse between Conferring Eanks : 221 

No part of fees for, shall be refunded 222 

Any Knight or drilled team may confer 233 

Fees for, not less than $15 290 

Fees for, must be paid for in advance 291 

EEOOED OF PEOOEE DINGS— 

Kept and distributed by G. K. of E. and S Par. 1 5 

RECOEDEE OF GEAND TEIBUNAL— 

Appointment : 130 

Duties ......: 131 

Designate on whom notice shall be served , 86 

Keep full and accurate record of trial of officers 93 

Compensation of 96 

To issue all writs 153 

EEINSTATEMENT— 

Manner of applying for 349 

Application must lie over one week 250 

Ballot for, two thirds required 251 

Not required to pay dues or assessments 352 

Member under suspension may petition G. C. for 357 

Member of defunct Lodge may petition G. 0. for ,...,,,..,, 258 



GRAND STATUTES. 133 

SECTION 

REJECTION- 

Noticeof, sent to Grand K. of R. 6 217 

RELIEF COMMITTEE— 

Appointment of 364 

Duties of 265 

RENOUNCING THE ORDER— 

Declared to be a Pythian oiTense, penalty of 347 

REPORTS— 

Committee on, appointed Par. 18 2 

Duties of committee : 26 

Of committees must be made in writing 34 

Subordinate Lodges, must make semi-annual 316 

Semi-annual, must be forwarded promptly 317 

Lodges failing to send, penalty 318 

Semi-annual, must be ready before Installation 319 

REHEA.RING- 

May be had on trial of Grand OflScer, when 94 

Generally 138 

REPRESENTATIVE- 

( See GRAND REPRESENTATIVE.) 

RESIDENCE— 

Applicant must have, six months 207 

Non-resident, must have permission 208 

REVENUE- 

Of the Grand Lodge, whence derived 104-106 

RITUAL- 

Shall be in custody of the Chancellor Commander, exclusively 297 

Must not be taken from the Lodge room 298 

RULES OF ORDER- 

Roberts' Guide for Grand Lodge 114 

Roberts' Guide for Subordinate Lodges 299 

General, for Subordinate Lodges. 300-315 

SALARY— 

Of Grand Chancellor Par. 25 2 

Of Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, fixed by Grand Lodge Par. 17 5 

Of Grand Master of Exchequer, fixed by Grand Lodge 12 

SALOON KEEPER- 

Not admitted to the Order 207 

Penalty for becoming : 338 

SEAI^ 

Of Grand Lodge, custody, use of 100 

Of Grand Chancellor, use of 101 

Of Grand Tribunal, custody, use of 102 

Of Subordinate Lodges, custody, use of 103 



134 INDEX TO 

SECTION 

SEMI-ANNUAL PASS WORD— 

Promulgation of 325 

Communication of, to Deputy 336 

Communication of, to members in good standing 337 

Order for, when to be issued to members 328 

Order for, shall not be issued, when 329 

Order for, to be destroyed, when 330 

Use of, limited to provisions of the Ritual 331 

STATE OF THE ORDER— 

Committee on, appointed Par. 17 2 

Duties of 32 

STENOGRAPHER- 

May be employed in trials, when 396 

SUBORDINATE LODGES- 

Must pay Per Capita Tax 105 

Must have dispensation to make parade 45 

Must have Seal 103 

Institution of, directions for 151-166 

Stated Conventions of, must be held 167 

Special Conventions, may be held, when 168 

Business of, must be transacted in Knight Rank, exception 169 

OflBcers of, elective and appointive 170 

May levy assessments for benefits, when 227 

May fix fees for issuance and deposit of Transfer Cards 238 

Shall pay not less than $20 funeral benefit 259 

May prescribe for expenditure of excess of minimum benefits 360 

Sole judge of disposition of excess of minimum benefits 261 

Who may apply for Warrant for. 273 

Grand Chancellor to grant Warrant, when 273 

Must not be called after any living person 274 

Charters issued to, when 275 

Charter issued to, how 376 

Shall apply for charter, when 277 

Charter issued to, vacates Warrant 378 

Charter of, destroyed, may obtain duplicate 279 

Meeting of not legal without Warrant or Charter 280 

Cannot surrender Charter if seven members object 381 

Charter surrendered, duty of officers of 383 

Charter of, may be suspended for disloyal conduct 283 

Duties of officers 190-203 

Entitled to trial before taking away Charter of 284 

Charters of may be restored by Grand Lodge 385 

Status of members of, when Charter restored 285 

Property of, under suspension reverts to Grand Lodge 387 

Property of, under suspension may be restored when 288 

Property of, under suspension, disposition of 389 

Fees for Ranks in : 390 

What constitutes general fund of 293 

May establish Special Fund 393 

If special fund of, discontinued, reverts to general fund 396 

Must make semi-annual reports 816 

Failing to forward report and tax, penalty 318 



GRAND STATUTES. 135 

SECTION 

SUBORDINATE LODGES- Continued— 

May make By-Laws consistent with Supreme and Grand Law 330 

By-Laws of, must be approved i 323 

Shall not issue order for S. A. P. W. when 329 

Shall not use name of Order for lottery, raffle, etc 349 

Shall not display Emblems, etc., in saloon, etc 350 

Shall not give Sunday excursions, picnics, etc 353 

Shall not sell or give away liquors at entertainments, balls, etc 354 

SUCCESSION IN CASE OF VACANCY— 

G. "V. C. to succeed Grand Chancellor 38 

While acting temporarily to be known as "G. C. pro tempore" 37 

SUICIDE— 

Not cause for refusing funeral benefits 202 

SUNDAY— 

Lodges forbidden to give Sunday excursions, picnics, etc 353 

SUPERSEDEAS- 

Grand Tribunal may issue, when 136 

SUPPLIES— 

Obtainable from the Grand Lodge, list of 10(5 

Detailed account to be kept by the G. K. of R. and S Par. 16 5 

SUPREME REPRESENTATIVE— 

Election of 60 

Who eligible 60 

Duties 61 

Vacancy 63 

SUSPENSION OF LODGES— 

Duties of officers when under 282 

Lodges may be, for disloyal conduct 283 

Lodges entitled to trial before - — 284 

Property restored after 388 

Property of Lodges under, reverts to Grand Lodge 287 

Property of Lodges under, may be restored, when 288 

Disposition of property of Lodges under 389 

SUSPENSION OF MEMBERS- 

Of members for non-payment of dues, method of 218 

Member under, not required to pay dues 329 

Member under, liable to charges, when 348 

Penalty of, terms of 353 

Member under has no claims on the Order 254 

Member under definite, liable to charges 255 

Member under, reinstated at expiration of sentence 256 

Member under, may petition Grand Chancellor for reinstatement 257 

Member of defunct Lodge, under, may ask the Grand Chancellor for rein- 
statement, when and how 358 

TELLERS- 

Duties of in Grand Lodge 50-56 

Duties of in Subordinate Lodge 177 

Shall seal ballots in envelopes for preservation 179 



136 INDEX TO 

TRANSFER CARD- section 

Application for, must be in writing, with fee and dues in advance 332 

Application for, must lie over one weelf ,. 233 

Must be addressed to the Lodge applicant desires to join 234 

Holder of, can apply for membership to that Lodge, with fee 235 

Holder of, subject to conditions of applicant for initiation 236 

Rights of holder of defined 237 

Fee for issuance and deposit of 238 

TRIAL- 

Of Grand Chancellor or Grand Tribune 63 

Of Grand Officer 81-94 

Holder of Withdrawal Card subject to, when 244 

Suspended members subject to, when , 348 

Of Chancellor Commander, how conducted; 358 

Of officer or member in his own Lodge 359 

TRUSTEES- 

Duties of Grand Lodge 14-15 

Of Subordinate Lodge, when and how elected I7I 

Duties of, in Subordinate Lodge 201 

To audit bills and claims 203 

UNIFORM— 

Penalty for wearing in disreputable places 352 

VACANCY— 

In office of Grand Chancellor, how filled 38 

In Grand Lodge office, how filled 42 

In Grand Tribunal, how filled 118 

In Subordinate Lodge, filled when 185 

In office of Grand Representive, how filled 184 

VICE-CHANCELLOR- 

Duties of 191 

Presides when Chancellor Commander is absent 191 

VOTE— 

Two-thirds required to convict impeached G. C. or Tribune 76 

Required to convict Grand Officer 91 

Only legislative members entitled to 109 

Each must vote 270 

M ajority determines all questions, exception 109 

May be recanvassed, in case of contest 129 

Majority required, except appropriation of money 369 

Manner 112 

WARRANTS- 

Committee on, appointed Par. 18 2 

Duties of Committee 27 

Fees for 106 

Fifteen applicants required for 272 

Granted by Grand Chancellor, when — 273 

Shall not be issued under name of living person 274 

Vacate when charter Issued 278 

When lost or destroyed, how may be duplicated 279 



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GRAND STATUTES. 137 



WAERAlNTS-Continued- 

Convention of Subordinate Lodge not legal without 280 

Can not be surrendered if seven members vote against 281 

When suspended, duty of officers of Lodge 281 

Of Lodge guilty of disloyal or disreputable conduct, suspended when 283 

Can not be suspended except after trial 283 

May be restored by the Grand Lodge 285 

When restored, status of members of Lodge ' 286 

When suspended, property of Lodge reverts to Grand Lodge 288 

Shall be revoked for displaying Emblems of Order in saloon 351 

Shall be revoked for holding Sunday excursions, etc 353 

Shall be revoked for using liquors at entertainments 354 

WITHDRAW A.L CARD— 

Application for must be in writing 239 



Must be granted unless objection be made 240 

Member of defunct Lodge applies to Grand Chancellor for 241 

Suspended member of defunct Lodge applies to G. C. for 242 

When granted severs counection with the Order 243 

Holder of, subject to discipline, when 244 

Holder of, can regain membership, how 245 

Lost or destroyed may procure duplicate 246 

Shall not be issued to member under charges 247 

Valid until revoked, annulled, or deposited 248 

WITNESSES- 

In trials, obligation of 395 

Depositions of, admitted subject to objection 397 

Depositions of, how taken 399 

Citation to appear, binding on members in this Domain 400 

Member refusing to be, subject to discipline 401 

WRIT OF ERROR- 

All judgments may be reviewed by 132 

Must file transcripts 133 

Must be taken in six months 134 

Amendment may be permitted 135 

YEAS AND NAYS- 

May be called for. when Ill 



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